Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Mamertino

Appellation

Mamertino is an appellation in Italy across 31 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Official name: Mamertino / Mamertino di Milazzo
Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2006-02-17
Area: 73,627 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 36.09 × 48.78 km
Centre: 38.1143° N, 15.2034° E
Grapes: Aglianico, Albanello, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Carricante, Catanese Nero, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chenin, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Damaschino, Fiano, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minnella Bianca, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes: Mueller Thurgau, Nero D'Avola, Zibibbo
Max yield: 77 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.8 km south-west of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
Nearest city: 12 km south-west of Milazzo 31,771 people
To the sea: 5.2 km
Same latitude: Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Aegean (Türkiye), Clements Hills (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: -8–1,338 m
Mean elevation: 409 m

Measured over the whole outline on 51,582 elevation cells of about 120 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.