Menfi

Menfi is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red, white 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

Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

60,995 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

31.85 × 45.06 km

Centre

37.6134° N, 12.9300° 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, Chardonnay, 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 Grigio, 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

84 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Menfi

Nearest city

18 km north-west of Sciacca 40,569 people

To the sea

4.8 km

Same latitude

Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Tracy Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–1,173 m

Mean elevation

198 m

Measured over the whole outline on 167,712 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)83%
• Unconsolidated sediments17%

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

Communes · 4

• Castelvetrano
• Menfi
• Sambuca Di Sicilia
• Sciacca

Wineries · 5

• Cantina DiPrima
• Cantina Settesoli
• Cantina Sociale Castelvetrano
• Enoteca delle terre Sicane
• Madrarossa Winery

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications