Zagarolo

Zagarolo is an appellation in Italy in Gallicano Nel Lazio and Zagarolo. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies around the town of Zagarolo and 15 km south of Guidonia Montecelio.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

5,365 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

11.01 × 10.6 km

Centre

41.8661° N, 12.7978° E

Grapes

Bellone, Bombino Bianco, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Del Lazio, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Zagarolo

Nearest city

15 km south of Guidonia Montecelio 89,165 people

To the sea

41 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Seiad Valley (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

62–365 m

Mean elevation

203 m

Mean slope

7.0° (12 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 66,761 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

• Intermediate volcanic rocks98%

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

Communes · 2

• Gallicano Nel Lazio
• Zagarolo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications