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Prosecco

Appellation

Prosecco is an appellation in Italy across 400 communes. The rules allow white and rosé wine, based on Glera and Pinot Nero. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2009-08-01
Area
2,069,813 ha registered outline
Separate plots
34
Extent N–S × E–W
179.6 × 215.79 km
Centre
45.8719° N, 12.4154° E
Grapes
Bianchetta Trevigiana, Chardonnay, Glera, Perera, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Verdiso
Max yield
135 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
5.2 km south-east of San Vendemiano
Nearest city
9 km south-east of Conegliano 30,765 people
To the sea
34 km
Rivers nearby
Piave (12 km)
Same latitude
The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-4–3,209 m
Mean elevation
536 m

Measured over the whole outline on 115,836 elevation cells of about 426 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

Prosecco-Wine White
Glera
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha
Prosecco Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Glera
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha
Prosecco Vino Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Glera
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha
Prosecco Spumante White · Quality Sparkling Wine
Glera
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha
Prosecco Spumante White · Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine
Glera
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha
Prosecco Spumante Rosé Rosé · Sparkling Wine
GleraPinot Nero
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha
Prosecco Spumante Rosé Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine
GleraPinot Nero
max 135 hl/ha · min 2,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 400

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Wineries · 191

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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