Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Recioto della Valpolicella

DOCGAppellation

Recioto della Valpolicella is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The sweet, historic ancestor of Amarone, from the same dried grapes with fermentation stopped before all sugar turns to alcohol.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2011-12-12
Area: 64,315 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 37.48 × 41.06 km
Centre: 45.5213° N, 11.0061° E
Grapes: Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casetta, Corbina, Corvina, Corvinone, Croatina, Dindarella, Forsellina, Gamay, Gosen, Lagrein, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Marzemina Grossa, Marzemino, Merlot, Molinara, Negrara, Oseleta, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Regent, Rondinella, Rossignola, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Sennen, Syrah, Teroldego, Turchetta
Other grapes: Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Julius, Marselan, Merlot Kanthus, Merlot Khorus, Prior, Spigamonti
Max yield: 31.2 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.3 km east of Negrar
Nearest city: 9 km north of Verona 258,031 people
To the sea: 93 km
Rivers nearby: Adige (7.6 km)
Lakes nearby: Garda (21 km)
Same latitude: Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 21–1,204 m
Mean elevation: 270 m

Measured over the whole outline on 56,726 elevation cells of about 107 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.