Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 22 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Official name

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore / Ovada

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2009-08-08

Area

38,440 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

30.69 × 24.25 km

Centre

44.6300° N, 8.6684° E

Grapes

Dolcetto

Max yield

49 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Ovada

Nearest city

33 km north-west of Genoa 580,097 people

To the sea

23 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

120–1,075 m

Mean elevation

359 m

Measured over the whole outline on 130,758 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)48%
• Basic plutonic rocks30%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%

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

Communes · 22

• Belforte Monferrato
• Bosio
• Capriata D'Orba
• Carpeneto
• Casaleggio Boiro
• Cassinelle
• Castelletto D'Orba
• Cremolino
• Lerma
• Molare
• Montaldeo
• Montaldo Bormida
• Mornese
• Morsasco
• Ovada
• Parodi Ligure
• Prasco
• Rocca Grimalda
• San Cristoforo
• Silvano D'Orba
• Tagliolo Monferrato
• Trisobbio

Wineries · 3

• La Casanella
• La Guardia - Cantina
• Villa Delfini

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications