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Valpolicella

Appellation

Valpolicella is an appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Corvina and Rondinella. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
64,315 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
37.48 × 41.06 km
Centre
45.5213° N, 11.0061° E
Grapes
Ancellotta, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casetta, Corbina, Corvina, Corvinone, Croatina, Dindarella, Forsellina, Gamay, Gosen, Lagrein, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Marzemina Grossa, Marzemino, Merlot, Molinara, Negrara, Oseleta, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Regent, Rondinella, Rossignola, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Sennen, Syrah, Teroldego, Turchetta
Other grapes
Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Julius, Marselan, Merlot Kanthus, Merlot Khorus, Prior, Spigamonti
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
5.3 km east of Negrar
Nearest city
9 km north of Verona 258,031 people
To the sea
93 km
Rivers nearby
Adige (7.6 km)
Lakes nearby
Garda (21 km)
Same latitude
Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
21–1,204 m
Mean elevation
270 m

Measured over the whole outline on 56,726 elevation cells of about 107 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

Valpolicella Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella (con Menzione Vigna) Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Superiore Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Superiore (con Menzione Vigna) Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Classico Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Classico (con Menzione Vigna) Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Classico Superiore Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Classico Superiore (con Menzione Vigna) Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Valpante Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Valpante (con Menzione Vigna) Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Valpantena Superiore Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha
Valpolicella Valpantena Superiore (con Menzione Vigna) Red
CorvinaRondinella
min 3,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 19

Wineries · 19

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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