Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Dolcetto d'Acqui
Appellation
Dolcetto d'Acqui is an appellation in Italy across 23 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 45,143 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 37.32 × 27.89 km Centre 44.6367° N, 8.4386° E Grapes Dolcetto Irrigation Prohibited Where it is Nearest town 5 km south-west of Acqui Terme Nearest city 33 km south-west of Alessandria 92,104 people To the sea 33 km Same latitude Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 101–796 m Mean elevation 303 m Measured over the whole outline on 153,735 elevation cells of about 54 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 Red Dolcetto
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)43% Unconsolidated sediments42% Basic plutonic rocks10% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 23 Acqui Terme Alice Bel Colle Bistagno Cartosio Cassine Castelletto D'Erro Castelnuovo Bormida Cavatore Denice Grognardo Melazzo Montechiaro D'Acqui Morbello Orsara Bormida Ponti Ponzone Ricaldone Rivalta Bormida Sezzadio Spigno Monferrato Strevi Terzo Visone Wineries · 14 Azienda Agricola Giulio Arnera Botto Vini Ca' di Cicul Ca' di Cicul Cantina Alice Bel Colle Cantina sociale "Tre Secoli" (vini bianchi) Cantina sociale "Tre Secoli" (vini rossi) Cantina sociale "Tre secoli" Sca - Punto vendita Cantina sociale Rivalta Borimda Casa Vinicola Marenco Srl Paolo Pizzorni Vini Quota Wine & Coffee Rinaldi Vini Vecchia Cantina sociale di Alice Bel Colle e Sessame d'Asti From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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