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Taurasi

DOCGAppellation

Taurasi is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 17 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Aglianico. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Aglianico from the hills of Irpinia near Avellino in Campania, often called the Barolo of the South for its tannin and longevity.
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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
27,541 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
26.68 × 19.21 km
Centre
41.0016° N, 14.9552° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Montepulciano, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
14 km north-east of Atripalda
Nearest city
21 km south-east of Benevento 58,418 people
To the sea
40 km
Same latitude
Tavush (Armenia), North Fork of Long Island (United States), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation
178–1,403 m
Mean elevation
454 m

Measured over the whole outline on 83,549 elevation cells of about 58 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

Taurasi Red
Aglianico
Taurasi Riserva Red
Aglianico

Bedrock

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

Communes · 17

Wineries · 11

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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