Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Capriano del Colle

Appellation

Capriano del Colle is an appellation in Italy in Capriano Del Colle and Poncarale. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 3.3 km north-west of Bagnolo Mella and 10 km south-west of Brescia.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1981-06-11
Area: 2,663 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 7.38 × 7.79 km
Centre: 45.4521° N, 10.1617° E
Grapes: Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Bronner, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cortese, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Erbamat, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Garganega, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Invernenga, Kerner, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Scanzo, Moscato Giallo, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Rara, Veltliner, Verdea, Verdese, Vespolina
Other grapes: Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Fleurtai, Grappello Ruberti, Helios, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Johanniter, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Prior, Rossola Nera, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris
Max yield: 87.5 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.3 km north-west of Bagnolo Mella
Nearest city: 10 km south-west of Brescia 200,423 people
To the sea: 151 km
Lakes nearby: Iseo (26 km) · Garda (28 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: 76–128 m
Mean elevation: 100 m
Mean slope: 1.6° (3 %)
Steepest tenth: above 4°
Faces: several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 148,963 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.