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Bonarda dell'Oltrepò Pavese

Appellation

Bonarda dell'Oltrepò Pavese is an appellation in Italy across 41 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera, Croatina, Uva Rara and Vespolina. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2011-12-19
Area
51,556 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
32.71 × 33.07 km
Centre
44.9653° N, 9.1736° E
Grapes
Barbera, Croatina, Uva Rara, Vespolina
Max yield
87.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,200 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
9.5 km north of Solaro
Nearest city
13 km south-east of Voghera 38,464 people
To the sea
66 km
Rivers nearby
Po (17 km) · Ticino (20 km)
Same latitude
Leelanau Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
55–854 m
Mean elevation
255 m

Measured over the whole outline on 44,577 elevation cells of about 108 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

Bonarda Dell’oltrepò Pavese Red
BarberaCroatinaUva RaraVespolina
max 87.5 hl/ha · min 3,200 vines/ha
Bonarda Dell’oltrepò Pavese Frizzante Red · Semi-Sparkling Wine
BarberaCroatinaUva RaraVespolina
max 87.5 hl/ha · min 3,200 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 41

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Wineries · 12

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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