Bianco Capena

Bianco Capena is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks. It lies around the town of Capena and 12 km north of Monterotondo.

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

1976-03-29

Area

12,518 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

13.89 × 15.91 km

Centre

42.1407° N, 12.5447° E

Grapes

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

Max yield

112 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Capena

Nearest city

12 km north of Monterotondo 37,225 people

To the sea

43 km

Rivers nearby

Tiber (7 km)

Lakes nearby

Bracciano (22 km)

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Lake Michigan Shore (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

5–339 m

Mean elevation

126 m

Mean slope

7.0° (12 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

several directions, mostly east

Measured over the whole outline on 156,738 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 rocks56%
• Unconsolidated sediments24%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)19%

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

Communes · 4

• Capena
• Castelnuovo Di Porto
• Fiano Romano
• Morlupo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications