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Casteller

Appellation

Casteller is an appellation in Italy across 43 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1976-03-29
Area
132,161 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
68.19 × 44.18 km
Centre
45.9836° N, 11.0233° E
Grapes
Lagrein, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Merlot, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grossa, Teroldego
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km north of Rovereto
Nearest city
12 km south-west of Trento 120,709 people
To the sea
115 km
Rivers nearby
Adige (6.4 km)
Lakes nearby
Garda (17 km)
Same latitude
Alexandria Lakes (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
65–2,226 m
Mean elevation
807 m

Measured over the whole outline on 118,117 elevation cells of about 106 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

Casteller Red
LagreinLambrusco A Foglia FrastagliataMerlotSchiava GentileSchiava GrossaTeroldego

Bedrock

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

Communes · 43

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Wineries · 20

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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