Colline di Levanto

Colline di Levanto is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 20 km north-west of La Spezia and 46 km north-west of Massa.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

7,940 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

13.71 × 13.81 km

Centre

44.1989° N, 9.6158° 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, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero

Other grapes

Ruzzese, Scimiscia'

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

20 km north-west of La Spezia

Nearest city

46 km north-west of Massa 64,783 people

To the sea

3.5 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

0–843 m

Mean elevation

355 m

Mean slope

22.5° (41 %)

Steepest tenth

above 33°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 106,818 elevation cells of about 27 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)57%
• Basic plutonic rocks37%

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

Communes · 4

• Bonassola
• Deiva Marina
• Framura
• Levanto

Sources

EU register of geographical indications