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Negroamaro di Terra d'Otranto

Appellation

Negroamaro di Terra d'Otranto is an appellation in Italy across 145 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Negro Amaro. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2011-12-13
Area
703,685 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
121.85 × 154.82 km
Centre
40.3457° N, 17.8755° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Aglianicone, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Merlot, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Somarello Rosso, Susumaniello, Syrah, Uva Di Troia
Max yield
77 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
7.5 km west of Veglie
Nearest city
32 km south of Brindisi 87,141 people
To the sea
6.7 km
Same latitude
Aragatsotn (Armenia), Shacheng (Huailai) (China), Loramie Creek (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–515 m
Mean elevation
113 m

Measured over the whole outline on 33,014 elevation cells of about 466 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

Negroamaro Terra d’Otranto Rosso Red
Negro Amaro
max 77 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Negroamaro di Terra d’Otranto Rosato Rosé
Negro Amaro
max 55 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Negroamaro di Terra d’Otranto Rosato Spumante Rosé · Sparkling Wine
Negro Amaro
max 55 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Negroamaro di Terra d’Otranto Rosato Frizzante Rosé · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Negro Amaro
max 55 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Negroamaro di Terra d’Otranto Rosso Riserva Red
Negro Amaro
max 77 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 145

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Wineries · 18

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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