Pantelleria

Pantelleria is an appellation in Italy in Pantelleria. The rules allow white wine, based on Zibibbo. Regional bedrock: acid volcanic rocks. It lies 6.2 km south-east of Pantelleria and 105 km east of Korba.

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

Key facts

Official name

Pantelleria / Moscato di Pantelleria / Passito di Pantelleria

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Liqueur Wine/Partially Fermented Grape Must/Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

8,337 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

11.58 × 11.6 km

Centre

36.7939° N, 12.0009° E

Grapes

Albanello, Ansonica, Carricante, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chenin, Damaschino, Fiano, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Minnella Bianca, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Zibibbo

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau, Zibibbo

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Min planting density

2,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

6.2 km south-east of Pantelleria

Nearest city

105 km east of Korba 65,542 people

To the sea

3.6 km

Same latitude

Rocky Knob (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-2–830 m

Mean elevation

213 m

Mean slope

10.2° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 22°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 89,857 elevation cells of about 31 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

• Acid volcanic rocks83%
• Intermediate volcanic rocks17%

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

Communes · 1

• Pantelleria

Wineries · 8

• Agrisola
• Azienda Agricola D'Ancona
• Azienda Vitivinicola Maddalena
• Azienda vinicola Gabriele
• Donnafugata
• Emanuela Bonomo AB
• Salvatore Ferrandes
• Salvatore Murana Vini

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications