Pergola

Pergola is an appellation in Italy across 5 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Aléatico. 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

Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2006-02-17

Area

22,537 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

23.63 × 25.99 km

Centre

43.5564° N, 12.8224° E

Grapes

Alicante, Aléatico, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbo Gentile, Merlot, Montepulciano, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Teroldego, Terrano, Vernaccia Nera Grossa, Vernaccia Nera

Min planting density

2,200 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

15 km south of Fossombrone

Nearest city

40 km south of Pesaro 77,241 people

To the sea

37 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States), Niagara Lakeshore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

98–1,698 m

Mean elevation

416 m

Measured over the whole outline on 74,114 elevation cells of about 55 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)92%

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

Communes · 5

• Fratte Rosa
• Frontone
• Pergola
• San Lorenzo In Campo
• Serra Sant'Abbondio

Wineries · 1

• Terracruda

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications