Cacc'e mmitte di Lucera

Cacc'e mmitte di Lucera is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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

1982-12-31

Area

61,107 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

31.21 × 30.37 km

Centre

41.4636° N, 15.3265° E

Grapes

Bombino Bianco, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia

Max yield

91 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Lucera

Nearest city

19 km west of Foggia 137,032 people

To the sea

50 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Martha's Vineyard (United States), Huanren icewine (China), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

48–1,126 m

Mean elevation

216 m

Measured over the whole outline on 187,389 elevation cells of about 57 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 sediments65%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks27%

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

Communes · 4

• Biccari
• Lucera
• Pietramontecorvino
• Troia

Sources

EU register of geographical indications