Scavigna

Scavigna is an appellation in Italy in Falerna and Nocera Terinese. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km north-west of Lamezia Terme and 13 km north-west of Nicastro.

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

1996-11-15

Area

7,046 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

9.99 × 12.05 km

Centre

39.0194° N, 16.1703° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Alicante, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Castiglione, Chardonnay, Gaglioppo, Greco Bianco, Guardavalle, Guarnaccia, Magliocco Canino, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Manzoni Bianco, Marsigliana Nera, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Prunesta, Riesling Italico, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Traminer Aromatico, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco

Other grapes

Pecorello, Zibibbo

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km north-west of Lamezia Terme

Nearest city

13 km north-west of Nicastro 40,000 people

To the sea

4.6 km

Same latitude

Syunik (Armenia), Benmore Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

2–1,332 m

Mean elevation

451 m

Mean slope

16.5° (30 %)

Steepest tenth

above 30°

Faces

west

Measured over the whole outline on 321,301 elevation cells of about 15 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)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)18%

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

Communes · 2

• Falerna
• Nocera Terinese

Sources

EU register of geographical indications