Torgiano

Torgiano is an appellation in Italy in Torgiano. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 9.1 km south-east of Perugia and 23 km north-west of Foligno.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

3,763 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

10.53 × 7.51 km

Centre

43.0469° N, 12.4552° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albana, Alicante, Barbera, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Garganega, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grero, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lacrima, Maceratino, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Malvasia, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Nebbiolo, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Vernaccia Nera, Viognier

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Marselan, Mueller Thurgau

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km south-east of Perugia

Nearest city

23 km north-west of Foligno 56,918 people

To the sea

106 km

Rivers nearby

Tiber (2.1 km)

Lakes nearby

Trasimeno (23 km)

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

166–456 m

Mean elevation

216 m

Mean slope

5.5° (10 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 48,852 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.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments55%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)25%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)20%

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

Communes · 1

• Torgiano

Sources

EU register of geographical indications