Penisola Sorrentina

Penisola Sorrentina is an appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

15,943 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

19.08 × 22.83 km

Centre

40.6602° N, 14.4857° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Alicante, Ancellotta, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Sauvignon, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Olivella Nera, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

Other grapes

Caprettone, Catalanesca, S. Lunardo

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

1,800 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

4.7 km south of Castellammare di Stabia

Nearest city

12 km south-west of Scafati 48,702 people

To the sea

3.1 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Lehigh Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–1,321 m

Mean elevation

396 m

Measured over the whole outline on 48,007 elevation cells of about 58 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)57%
• Acid volcanic rocks26%
• Unconsolidated sediments13%

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

Communes · 13

• Agerola
• Casola Di Napoli
• Castellammare Di Stabia
• Gragnano
• Lettere
• Massa Lubrense
• Meta
• Piano Di Sorrento
• Pimonte
• Sant'Agnello
• Sant'Antonio Abate
• Sorrento
• Vico Equense

Sources

EU register of geographical indications