Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale

Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Primitivo. 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

Wine

Protected since

2011-12-13

Area

98,497 ha registered outline

Separate plots

5

Extent N–S × E–W

32.85 × 57.93 km

Centre

40.4320° N, 17.5151° E

Grapes

Primitivo

Max yield

42 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

4.6 km north-west of Sava

Nearest city

13 km south-west of Francavilla Fontana 33,415 people

To the sea

13 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Manton Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-1–322 m

Mean elevation

63 m

Measured over the whole outline on 73,780 elevation cells of about 116 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)68%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks32%

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

Communes · 19

• Avetrana
• Carosino
• Erchie
• Faggiano
• Fragagnano
• Leporano
• Lizzano
• Manduria
• Maruggio
• Monteparano
• Oria
• Pulsano
• Roccaforzata
• San Giorgio Ionico
• San Marzano Di San Giuseppe
• Sava
• Taranto
• Torre Santa Susanna
• Torricella

Wineries · 7

• Cantina Bosco
• Cantine Ermes Agr. Coop. Agr. stabilimento Torricella
• Cantine San Marzano
• Erminio Campa Viticoltore
• Gianfranco Fino Viticoltore
• Vigne Monache
• Vinicola Savese

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications