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Montefalco Sagrantino

DOCGAppellation

Montefalco Sagrantino is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 5 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Sagrantino. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

Sagrantino from Montefalco in Umbria, one of the most tannic grapes in the world, made dry or as a sweet passito.
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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1982-12-31
Area
28,890 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
21.04 × 23.01 km
Centre
42.8995° N, 12.5852° E
Grapes
Sagrantino
Max yield
52 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km west of Foligno
Nearest city
29 km south-east of Perugia 120,137 people
To the sea
107 km
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Khvanchkara (Georgia), Upper Hudson (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
184–1,042 m
Mean elevation
343 m

Measured over the whole outline on 92,769 elevation cells of about 56 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

Montefalco Sagrantino Secco Red
Sagrantino
max 52 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Montefalco Sagrantino Passito Red
Sagrantino
max 28 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 5

Wineries · 7

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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