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Falerio

Appellation

Falerio is an appellation in Italy across 73 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Passerina, Pecorino and Trebbiano Toscano. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
208,537 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
67.09 × 59.32 km
Centre
42.9948° N, 13.5851° E
Grapes
Albana, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Fiano, Garganega, Grechetto, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Passerina, Pecorino, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino
Other grapes
Famoso, Garofanata
Min planting density
2,200 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km north of Ascoli Piceno
Nearest city
24 km west of San Benedetto del Tronto 45,873 people
To the sea
23 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
0–2,464 m
Mean elevation
421 m

Measured over the whole outline on 167,616 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.

Wines and grape rules

Falerio White
PasserinaPecorinoTrebbiano Toscano
min 2,200 vines/ha
Falerio Pecorino White
Pecorino
min 2,200 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 73

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Wineries · 15

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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