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Cerveteri

Appellation

Cerveteri is an appellation in Italy across 9 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Malvasia Bianca Di Candia and Trebbiano Toscano. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1976-03-29
Area
210,811 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
78.43 × 101.24 km
Centre
41.8842° N, 12.4727° E
Grapes
Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Capolongo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semillon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Max yield
98 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
3.3 km west of Rome
Nearest city
18 km north-east of Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica 129,362 people
To the sea
23 km
Rivers nearby
Tiber (0.1 km)
Lakes nearby
Bracciano (30 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Seiad Valley (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–610 m
Mean elevation
95 m

Measured over the whole outline on 41,736 elevation cells of about 227 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

Cerveteri Bianco White
Malvasia Bianca Di CandiaTrebbiano Toscano
max 98 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Cerveteri Bianco Amabile White
Malvasia Bianca Di CandiaTrebbiano Toscano
max 98 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 9

Wineries · 5

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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