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Oltrepò Pavese metodo classico

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Oltrepò Pavese metodo classico is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 41 communes. The rules allow white and rosé wine, based on Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Nero. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine
Protected since
2011-12-19
Area
51,556 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
32.71 × 33.07 km
Centre
44.9653° N, 9.1736° E
Grapes
Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero
Max yield
65 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
9.5 km north of Solaro
Nearest city
13 km south-east of Voghera 38,464 people
To the sea
66 km
Rivers nearby
Po (17 km) · Ticino (20 km)
Same latitude
Leelanau Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
55–854 m
Mean elevation
255 m

Measured over the whole outline on 44,577 elevation cells of about 108 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

Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico White · Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico White · Quality Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Rosé Rosé · Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Rosé Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Pinot Nero White · Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Pinot Nero White · Quality Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Pinot Nero Rosé Rosé · Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Pinot Nero Rosé Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine
ChardonnayPinot BiancoPinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 65 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 · 41

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Wineries · 12

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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