Moscato di Sorso

Moscato di Sorso is an appellation in Italy in Sennori and Sorso. The rules allow white wine, based on Moscato Bianco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Sorso and 11 km north of Sassari.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Moscato di Sorso / Moscato di Sennori / Moscato di Sorso - Sennori

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Liqueur Wine/Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

9,835 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

13.63 × 17.19 km

Centre

40.8217° N, 8.5643° E

Grapes

Albaranzeuli Bianco, Ansonica, Arneis, Arvesiniadu, Biancolella, Clairette, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Garganega, Greco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Sardegna, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nasco, Nuragus, Pinot Bianco, Retagliado Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semidano, Sylvaner Verde, Tocai Friulano, Torbato, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Verduzzo Friulano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di Oristano, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano

Other grapes

Alvarega, Aniga Bragia, Argu Mannu, Bianca Addosa, Bianca Remungia, Codronisca, Cranaccia Arussa, Cuccuau, Doronadu, Licronaxu, Mara Bianca, Mueller Thurgau, Pansale, Selezione Vedele, Sinnidanu

Min planting density

3,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Sorso

Nearest city

11 km north of Sassari 91,895 people

To the sea

2.1 km

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), Warren Hills (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

0–464 m

Mean elevation

104 m

Mean slope

6.4° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

north-west

Measured over the whole outline on 118,479 elevation cells of about 29 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)51%
• Unconsolidated sediments40%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 2

• Sennori
• Sorso

Wineries · 1

• Tenute Dettori

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications