Irpinia

Irpinia is an appellation in Italy across 118 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2004-04-16

Area

279,028 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

64.08 × 85.13 km

Centre

41.0010° N, 15.1432° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Ancellotta, Asprinio Bianco, Barbera, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Sauvignon, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Greco, Malvasia Bianca, Merlot, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Roviello, Sangiovese, Sciascinoso, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca

Max yield

91 hl/ha

Min planting density

2,400 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km south-east of Grottaminarda

Nearest city

34 km south-east of Benevento 58,418 people

To the sea

48 km

Rivers nearby

Ofanto (11 km)

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), North Fork of Long Island (United States), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

61–1,784 m

Mean elevation

607 m

Measured over the whole outline on 52,913 elevation cells of about 231 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)78%
• Unconsolidated sediments10%

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

Communes · 118

Wineries · 14

• Antico Castello Winery
• Azienda Agricola del Pozzo
• Azienda agricola La Molara
• Cantina di Prisco
• Cantine Antonio Caggiano
• Cantine Russo
• Cantine di Marzo
• Entrata cantina
• Sella delle Spine
• Tasting Room
• Tenuta Ponte
• Tenuta del Cavalier Pepe
• Tenute Fontana Vetere
• Vigne Guadagno

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications