Botticino

Botticino is an appellation in Italy in Botticino, Brescia and Rezzato. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera, Marzemino, Sangiovese and Schiava Gentile. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 3.4 km east of Brescia and 58 km west of Verona.

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

12,710 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

12.39 × 15.71 km

Centre

45.5376° N, 10.2582° E

Grapes

Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Di Scanzo, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Vespolina

Other grapes

Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Grappello Ruberti, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Prior, Rossola Nera

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

3.4 km east of Brescia

Nearest city

58 km west of Verona 258,031 people

To the sea

161 km

Lakes nearby

Garda (20 km) · Iseo (22 km)

Same latitude

Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

99–1,058 m

Mean elevation

216 m

Mean slope

7.9° (14 %)

Steepest tenth

above 26°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 178,199 elevation cells of about 27 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

• Unconsolidated sediments73%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)27%

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

Communes · 3

• Botticino
• Brescia
• Rezzato

Wineries · 2

• Cantina Torreggiani
• Noventa Bioviticoltori

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications