Campidano di Terralba

Campidano di Terralba is an appellation in Italy across 23 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Bovale Grande and Bovale. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Campidano di Terralba / Terralba

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1982-12-31

Area

124,672 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

51.97 × 44.87 km

Centre

39.6637° N, 8.6581° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albaranzeuli Nero, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Barbera Sarda, Bombino Nero, Bovale Grande, Bovale, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caddiu, Cagnulari, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Cannonau, Caricagiola, Carignano, Croatina, Dolcetto, Gaglioppo, Malbech, Malvasia, Marzemino, Merlot, Monica, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Nieddera, Nieddu Mannu, Pascale, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Syrah, Teroldego, Tocai Rosso

Other grapes

Fiudedda, Giro', Gregu Nieddu, Medrulinu, Nera Del Ponte, Niedda Carta, Nigheddu Polchinu, Procu Nieddu, Saluda E Passa

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

6.6 km south of Terralba

Nearest city

27 km south of Oristano 31,671 people

To the sea

8.9 km

Same latitude

Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Vayots Dzor (Armenia), Outer Coastal Plain (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-4–1,213 m

Mean elevation

153 m

Measured over the whole outline on 91,008 elevation cells of about 118 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 sediments46%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)19%
• Acid volcanic rocks10%

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

Communes · 23

• Arbus
• Baressa
• Collinas
• Gonnoscodina
• Gonnosfanadiga
• Gonnostramatza
• Guspini
• Marrubiu
• Masullas
• Mogoro
• Morgongiori
• Pabillonis
• Palmas Arborea
• Pompu
• San Gavino Monreale
• San Nicolò D'Arcidano
• Santa Giusta
• Sardara
• Simala
• Siris
• Terralba
• Uras
• Villanovaforru

Sources

EU register of geographical indications