Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Cinque Terre

Appellation

Cinque Terre is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Albarola, Bosco and Vermentino. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name: Cinque Terre / Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà
Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 8,499 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 13.44 × 21.11 km
Centre: 44.1280° N, 9.8303° E
Grapes: Albana, Albarola, Albarossa, Alicante, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bianchetta Genovese, Bosco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Ciliegiolo, Dolcetto, Greco, Lumassina, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Bianco, Pigato, Pollera Nera, Rollo, Rossese Bianco, Rossese, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Scimiscià, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero
Other grapes: Ruzzese
Max yield: 63 hl/ha
Min planting density: 6,250 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 2.8 km north of La Spezia
Nearest city: 27 km north-west of Massa 64,783 people
To the sea: 2.3 km
Same latitude: Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -2–805 m
Mean elevation: 263 m

Measured over the whole outline on 28,975 elevation cells of about 55 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

Cinque Terre White

AlbarolaBoscoVermentino

max 63 hl/ha · min 6,250 vines/ha

Cinque Terre Passito White · Wine From Raisined Grapes

AlbarolaBoscoVermentino

max 63 hl/ha · min 6,250 vines/ha

Cinque Terre Riserva White

AlbarolaBoscoVermentino

max 63 hl/ha · min 6,250 vines/ha

Cinque Terre Costa de Sera White

AlbarolaBoscoVermentino