Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Monreale
Appellation
Monreale is an appellation in Italy across 8 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 2004-04-14 Area 98,383 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 44.16 × 46.85 km Centre 37.9149° N, 13.2247° 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 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 7.2 km south of San Giuseppe Jato Nearest city 26 km south-west of Palermo 648,260 people To the sea 24 km Same latitude Aegean (Türkiye), Contra Costa (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 80–1,575 m Mean elevation 505 m Measured over the whole outline on 68,551 elevation cells of about 121 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 White Ansonica Catarratto Bianco Comune Catarratto Bianco Lucido
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
White Ansonica Catarratto Bianco Comune Catarratto Bianco Lucido
min 3,000 vines/ha
White Ansonica
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
White Catarratto Bianco Comune Catarratto Bianco Lucido
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
White Grillo
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
White Chardonnay
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
White Pinot Bianco
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
White Ansonica Catarratto Bianco Comune Catarratto Bianco Lucido
max 48 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Nero D'Avola Perricone
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Nero D'Avola Perricone
min 3,000 vines/ha
Rosé Nerello Mascalese Perricone Sangiovese
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Pinot Nero
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Sangiovese
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Nero D'Avola
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Perricone
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Cabernet Sauvignon
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Syrah
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Merlot
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Red Nero D'Avola Perricone
min 3,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)93% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 8 Camporeale Corleone Monreale Piana Degli Albanesi Roccamena San Cipirello San Giuseppe Jato Santa Cristina Gela Wineries · 1 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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