Rubino di Cantavenna

Rubino di Cantavenna is an appellation in Italy in Camino and Gabiano. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera, Freisa and Grignolino. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 6 km south-west of Trino and 17 km west of Casale Monferrato.

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

1973-09-18

Area

3,624 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

6.18 × 11.77 km

Centre

45.1565° N, 8.2436° E

Grapes

Barbera, Freisa, Grignolino

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

6 km south-west of Trino

Nearest city

17 km west of Casale Monferrato 33,213 people

To the sea

92 km

Same latitude

McMinnville (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

121–377 m

Mean elevation

201 m

Mean slope

9.7° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 22°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 50,122 elevation cells of about 27 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)60%
• Unconsolidated sediments40%

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

Communes · 2

• Camino
• Gabiano

Sources

EU register of geographical indications