Canavese

Canavese is an appellation in Italy across 105 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white 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

Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

117,132 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

41.58 × 62.51 km

Centre

45.4170° N, 7.8791° E

Grapes

Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Erbaluce, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina

Other grapes

Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Max yield

84 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.6 km south of Ivrea

Nearest city

21 km south-west of Biella 43,030 people

To the sea

132 km

Rivers nearby

Dora Baltea (3.1 km) · Po (22 km)

Same latitude

Tip of the Mitt (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

186–2,578 m

Mean elevation

495 m

Measured over the whole outline on 102,648 elevation cells of about 107 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 sediments70%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)25%

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

Communes · 105

Wineries · 7

• Azienda Agricola Giovanetto
• Azienda Agricola Orsolani
• Azienda Agricola Pozzo
• Azienda vinicola Rostagno 1918
• Cantina Favaro
• Cantina Terre Sparse Balmetto
• Garage dell'Uva

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications