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Sforzato di Valtellina

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Sforzato di Valtellina is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 6 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

Valtellina Nebbiolo made from dried grapes, similar in method to Amarone.
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Key facts

Official name
Sforzato di Valtellina / Sfursat di Valtellina
Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
24,728 ha registered outline
Separate plots
3
Extent N–S × E–W
23.52 × 46.94 km
Centre
46.2092° N, 10.1678° E
Grapes
Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Di Scanzo, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Vespolina
Other grapes
Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Grappello Ruberti, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Prior, Rossola Nera
Max yield
40 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
next to Tirano
Nearest city
75 km north of Brescia 200,423 people
To the sea
187 km
Rivers nearby
Adda (1.1 km) · Oglio (13 km)
Same latitude
Goose Gap (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
262–3,092 m
Mean elevation
1,412 m

Measured over the whole outline on 22,469 elevation cells of about 106 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

Sforzato di Valtellina/Sfursat di Vatellina Red · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Nebbiolo
max 40 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 6

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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