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Serrapetrona

Appellation

Serrapetrona is an appellation in Italy in Belforte Del Chienti, San Severino Marche and Serrapetrona. The rules allow red wine, based on Vernaccia Nera. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
24,746 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
23.38 × 17.76 km
Centre
43.2496° N, 13.1869° E
Grapes
Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbo Gentile, Merlot, Montepulciano, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Teroldego, Terrano, Vernaccia Nera Grossa, Vernaccia Nera
Min planting density
2,200 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
2.2 km north-east of San Severino Marche
Nearest city
22 km west of Macerata 30,842 people
To the sea
47 km
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Upper Mississippi River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
156–1,264 m
Mean elevation
475 m

Measured over the whole outline on 80,332 elevation cells of about 56 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

Serrapetrona Red
Vernaccia Nera
min 2,200 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 3

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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