Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Colli Perugini

Appellation

Colli Perugini is an appellation in Italy across 7 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1982-12-31
Area: 97,282 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 55.82 × 41.86 km
Centre: 43.0372° N, 12.2956° E
Grapes: Aglianico, Albana, Alicante, Barbera, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Garganega, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grero, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lacrima, Maceratino, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Malvasia, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Nebbiolo, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Vernaccia Nera, Viognier
Other grapes: Cesanese D Affile, Marselan, Mueller Thurgau
Max yield: 84 hl/ha
Min planting density: 2,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.9 km south of Chiugiana-La Commenda
Nearest city: 11 km south-west of Perugia 120,137 people
To the sea: 99 km
Rivers nearby: Tiber (11 km)
Lakes nearby: Trasimeno (12 km)
Same latitude: Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 145–955 m
Mean elevation: 333 m

Measured over the whole outline on 78,767 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.