Nardò

Nardò is an appellation in Italy in Nardò and Porto Cesareo. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Montepulciano and Negro Amaro. 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

Wine

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

22,533 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

26.65 × 27.5 km

Centre

40.2466° N, 17.9746° E

Grapes

Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro

Max yield

126 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

7.2 km west of Copertino

Nearest city

21 km south-west of Lecce 80,695 people

To the sea

5.4 km

Same latitude

Armavir (Armenia), Loramie Creek (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–99 m

Mean elevation

39 m

Measured over the whole outline on 66,767 elevation cells of about 58 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)57%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks43%

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

Communes · 2

• Nardò
• Porto Cesareo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications