Riesi

Riesi is an appellation in Italy in Butera, Mazzarino and Riesi. The rules allow red and white wine. 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

Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

65,816 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

29.21 × 36.39 km

Centre

37.2421° N, 14.1981° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albanello, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Carricante, Catanese Nero, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chardonnay, Chenin, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Damaschino, Fiano, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minnella Bianca, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau, Nero D'Avola, Zibibbo

Min planting density

3,200 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

6.7 km south of Mazzarino

Nearest city

19 km north of Gela 75,001 people

To the sea

16 km

Same latitude

Yantai (China), North Fork of Roanoke (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

5–674 m

Mean elevation

300 m

Measured over the whole outline on 178,969 elevation cells of about 61 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)84%

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

Communes · 3

• Butera
• Mazzarino
• Riesi

Sources

EU register of geographical indications