Alezio

Alezio is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.5 km east of Gallipoli and 36 km south-west of Lecce.

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

1996-11-15

Area

9,233 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

16.7 × 12.29 km

Centre

40.0506° N, 18.0438° E

Grapes

Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro, Sangiovese

Max yield

98 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

4.5 km east of Gallipoli

Nearest city

36 km south-west of Lecce 80,695 people

To the sea

2.9 km

Same latitude

Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Armavir (Armenia), Lancaster Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–146 m

Mean elevation

51 m

Mean slope

1.2° (2 %)

Steepest tenth

above 3°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 109,127 elevation cells of about 29 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)96%

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

Communes · 4

• Alezio
• Gallipoli
• Sannicola
• Tuglie

Sources

EU register of geographical indications