Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Riviera del Garda Bresciano

Appellation

Riviera del Garda Bresciano is an appellation in Italy across 30 communes. The rules allow red, white and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name: Riviera del Garda Bresciano / Garda Bresciano
Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1982-12-31
Area: 86,781 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 51.06 × 36.63 km
Centre: 45.6148° N, 10.5273° E
Grapes: Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Bronner, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cortese, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Erbamat, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Garganega, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Invernenga, Kerner, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Scanzo, Moscato Giallo, Moscato Rosa, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Tocai Friulano, Traminer Aromatico, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Rara, Veltliner, Verdea, Verdese, Vespolina
Other grapes: Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Fleurtai, Grappello Ruberti, Helios, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Johanniter, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Prior, Rossola Nera, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris
Max yield: 74.8 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: next to Salò
Nearest city: 26 km east of Brescia 200,423 people
To the sea: 141 km
Rivers nearby: Mincio (22 km) · Adige (23 km)
Lakes nearby: Garda (0.6 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: 63–1,937 m
Mean elevation: 410 m

Measured over the whole outline on 76,546 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.