Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Montecarlo
Appellation
Montecarlo is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 21,832 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 21.42 × 19.37 km Centre 43.8505° N, 10.6311° E Grapes Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier Other grapes Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero Min planting density 3,500 vines/ha Irrigation Allowed Where it is Nearest town 1.6 km north-east of Porcari Nearest city 5 km east of Capannori 41,116 people To the sea 30 km Same latitude Prince Edward County (Canada), Eagle Foothills (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 6–984 m Mean elevation 127 m Measured over the whole outline on 72,431 elevation cells of about 55 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 Pinot Bianco Pinot Grigio Roussanne Sauvignon Semillon Trebbiano Toscano Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Red Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Canaiolo Nero Ciliegiolo Colorino Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi Malvasia Nera Di Lecce Merlot Sangiovese Syrah
min 3,500 vines/ha
Red Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Canaiolo Nero Ciliegiolo Colorino Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi Malvasia Nera Di Lecce Merlot Sangiovese Syrah
min 3,500 vines/ha
White Pinot Bianco Pinot Grigio Roussanne Sauvignon Semillon Trebbiano Toscano Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
White Pinot Bianco Pinot Grigio Roussanne Sauvignon Semillon Trebbiano Toscano Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
White Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
White Sauvignon
min 3,500 vines/ha
Red Cabernet Sauvignon
min 3,500 vines/ha
Red Syrah
min 3,500 vines/ha
Red Merlot
min 3,500 vines/ha
Bedrock Unconsolidated sediments57% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)28% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)15% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 4 Altopascio Capannori Montecarlo Porcari 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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