Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Colli di Luni
Appellation
Colli di Luni is an appellation in Italy across 17 communes. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Albarola and Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 1996-11-15 Area 46,399 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 27.21 × 31.28 km Centre 44.1621° N, 9.8787° E Grapes Albana, Albarola, Albarossa, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bianchetta Genovese, Biancone, Bonamico, Bosco, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Dolcetto, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Lumassina, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pigato, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rollo, Rossese Bianco, Rossese, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier Other grapes Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero, Ruzzese, Scimiscia' Irrigation Allowed
Where it is Nearest town next to Ceparana-Carpena Nearest city 8 km north-east of La Spezia 93,288 people To the sea 6.5 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 -12–1,156 m Mean elevation 224 m Measured over the whole outline on 155,337 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 Colli di Luni Bianco White Trebbiano Toscano Vermentino
Colli di Luni Vermentino White Vermentino
Colli di Luni Vermentino Superiore White Vermentino
Colli di Luni Albarola White Albarola
Colli di Luni Rosso Red Sangiovese
Colli di Luni Rosso Riserva Red Sangiovese
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)63% Mixed sedimentary rocks17% Unconsolidated sediments15% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 17 Ameglia Arcola Aulla Beverino Bolano Calice Al Cornoviglio Castelnuovo Magra Follo Fosdinovo La Spezia Lerici Luni Podenzana Riccò Del Golfo Di Spezia Santo Stefano Di Magra Sarzana Vezzano Ligure
Wineries · 5 Arzà Vinicola Azienza Agricola Santa Caterina Ca' Lunae Cantina La baia del Sole Vinicola Arza' From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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