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Aversa

Appellation

Aversa is an appellation in Italy across 22 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Asprinio Bianco. Regional bedrock: acid volcanic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
30,660 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
19.9 × 25.56 km
Centre
40.9637° N, 14.1373° E
Grapes
Asprinio Bianco, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Pallagrello Bianco, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sylvaner Verde, Trebbiano Toscano, Veltliner, Verdeca
Other grapes
Caprettone, Catalanesca, S. Lunardo
Max yield
84 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
3.4 km west of Trentola-Ducenta
Nearest city
7 km north-west of Giugliano in Campania 80,269 people
To the sea
11 km
Rivers nearby
Volturno (16 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
0–110 m
Mean elevation
29 m

Measured over the whole outline on 92,719 elevation cells of about 58 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

Aversa Asprinio White
Asprinio Bianco
max 84 hl/ha
Aversa Asprinio Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Asprinio Bianco
max 84 hl/ha
Aversa Asprinio Spumante White · Quality Sparkling Wine
Asprinio Bianco
max 84 hl/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 22

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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