Verdicchio di Matelica

Verdicchio di Matelica is an appellation in Italy across 8 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Verdicchio Bianco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

63,513 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

39.22 × 33.23 km

Centre

43.2574° N, 12.9651° E

Grapes

Albana, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Fiano, Garganega, Grechetto, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Passerina, Pecorino, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino

Other grapes

Famoso, Garofanata

Min planting density

2,200 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Matelica

Nearest city

40 km north-east of Foligno 56,918 people

To the sea

55 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

156–1,474 m

Mean elevation

556 m

Measured over the whole outline on 206,173 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)85%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)15%

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

Communes · 8

• Camerino
• Castelraimondo
• Cerreto D'Esi
• Esanatoglia
• Fabriano
• Gagliole
• Matelica
• Pioraco

Wineries · 3

• Borgo Paglianetto
• Caecus - Verdicchio di Matelica DOC
• Tenuta Colpaola

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications