Casteggio

Casteggio is an appellation in Italy across 7 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Casteggio and 9 km east of Voghera.

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

2011-12-19

Area

9,378 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

13.32 × 10.81 km

Centre

44.9834° N, 9.1257° E

Grapes

Barbera, Croatina, Pinot Nero, Uva Rara, Vespolina

Max yield

59.5 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Casteggio

Nearest city

9 km east of Voghera 38,464 people

To the sea

66 km

Same latitude

Leelanau Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

66–484 m

Mean elevation

183 m

Mean slope

9.4° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 129,035 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)64%
• Unconsolidated sediments36%

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

Communes · 7

• Borgo Priolo
• Calvignano
• Casteggio
• Corvino San Quirico
• Montebello Della Battaglia
• Oliva Gessi
• Torrazza Coste

Wineries · 2

• La nuova Bellaria
• Prime Alture

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications