Vermentino di Gallura

Vermentino di Gallura is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 23 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Vermentino. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic 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/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1976-03-29

Area

286,997 ha registered outline

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

67.74 × 79.99 km

Centre

40.9569° N, 9.2039° E

Grapes

Albaranzeuli Bianco, Ansonica, Arneis, Arvesiniadu, Biancolella, Clairette, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Garganega, Greco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Sardegna, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nasco, Nuragus, Pinot Bianco, Retagliado Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semidano, Sylvaner Verde, Tocai Friulano, Torbato, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Verduzzo Friulano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di Oristano, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano

Other grapes

Alvarega, Aniga Bragia, Argu Mannu, Bianca Addosa, Bianca Remungia, Codronisca, Cranaccia Arussa, Cuccuau, Doronadu, Licronaxu, Mara Bianca, Mueller Thurgau, Pansale, Selezione Vedele, Sinnidanu

Min planting density

3,250 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km north-east of Tempio Pausania

Nearest city

25 km west of Olbia 60,345 people

To the sea

22 km

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), The Hamptons, Long Island (United States), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-1–1,336 m

Mean elevation

260 m

Measured over the whole outline on 217,057 elevation cells of about 115 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

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)82%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)12%

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

Communes · 23

• Aggius
• Aglientu
• Arzachena
• Badesi
• Berchidda
• Bortigiadas
• Budoni
• Calangianus
• Golfo Aranci
• Loiri Porto San Paolo
• Luogosanto
• Luras
• Monti
• Olbia
• Oschiri
• Palau
• San Teodoro
• Sant'Antonio Di Gallura
• Santa Teresa Gallura
• Telti
• Tempio Pausania
• Trinità D'Agultu E Vignola
• Viddalba

Wineries · 5

• Cantina Gallura
• LU BEDDU Società Agricola s.s.
• Tenuta Teo D'Oro
• Tenute Olbios
• Vigneti Zanatta

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications