Faro

Faro is an appellation in Italy in Messina. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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

1982-12-31

Area

21,143 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

27.31 × 21.43 km

Centre

38.1834° N, 15.5202° E

Grapes

Calabrese, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Fiano, Gaglioppo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Sangiovese

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

3.1 km west of Messina

Nearest city

15 km north-west of Reggio Calabria 182,455 people

To the sea

3.3 km

Same latitude

Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Aegean (Türkiye), Mokelumne River (United States), Yamagata (Japan)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-1–1,120 m

Mean elevation

267 m

Measured over the whole outline on 59,230 elevation cells of about 60 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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)66%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)17%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)17%

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

Communes · 1

• Messina

Sources

EU register of geographical indications