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Portofino

Appellation

Portofino is an appellation in Italy across 36 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name
Portofino / Golfo del Tigullio - Portofino
Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
2011-12-09
Area
91,549 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
33.5 × 72.38 km
Centre
44.3715° N, 9.3008° E
Grapes
Albana, Albarola, Albarossa, Alicante, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bianchetta Genovese, Bosco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Ciliegiolo, Dolcetto, Greco, Lumassina, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Bianco, Pigato, Pollera Nera, Rollo, Rossese Bianco, Rossese, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Scimiscià, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero
Other grapes
Ruzzese, Scimiscia'
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
6.3 km east of Rapallo
Nearest city
29 km east of Genoa 580,097 people
To the sea
5 km
Same latitude
Champlain Valley of New York (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–1,696 m
Mean elevation
431 m

Measured over the whole outline on 77,704 elevation cells of about 109 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

Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Rosso Red
CiliegioloDolcetto
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Rosso Frizzante Red · Semi-Sparkling Wine
CiliegioloDolcetto
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Rosso Novello Red
CiliegioloDolcetto
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Rosato Rosé
CiliegioloDolcetto
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Rosato Frizzante Rosé · Semi-Sparkling Wine
CiliegioloDolcetto
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Ciliegiolo Red
Ciliegiolo
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Ciliegiolo Frizzante Red · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Ciliegiolo
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Ciliegiolo Novello Red
Ciliegiolo
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Bianco White
Bianchetta GenoveseVermentino
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Bianco Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Bianchetta GenoveseVermentino
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Bianco Passito White · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Bianchetta GenoveseVermentino
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Bianco Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Bianchetta GenoveseVermentino
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Bianchetta Genovese White
Bianchetta Genovese
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Bianchetta Genovese Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Bianchetta Genovese
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Moscato White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Vermentino White
Vermentino
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Vermentino Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Vermentino
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Moscato Passito White · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino/Portofino Cimixà/Scimiscià White
Scimiscià
min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 36

Wineries · 3

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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