Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

San Gimignano

Appellation

San Gimignano is an appellation in Italy in San Gimignano. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.3 km west of Poggibonsi and 30 km north-west of Siena.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2004-04-14
Area: 13,862 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 16.1 × 13.02 km
Centre: 43.4775° N, 11.0331° E
Grapes: Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes: Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero
Max yield: 70 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 9.3 km west of Poggibonsi
Nearest city: 30 km north-west of Siena 53,901 people
To the sea: 48 km
Same latitude: Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 64–625 m
Mean elevation: 251 m
Mean slope: 10.5° (19 %)
Steepest tenth: above 18°
Faces: several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 180,816 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.