Nettuno

Nettuno is an appellation in Italy in Anzio and Nettuno. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Merlot, Sangiovese, Trebbiano Toscano and Bellone. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies around the town of Nettuno and 5 km north-east of Anzio.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1999-02-19

Area

11,498 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

15.05 × 18.79 km

Centre

41.4805° N, 12.6744° E

Grapes

Abbuoto, Aglianico, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bellone, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Capolongo, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Guarnaccia, Lambrusco Maestri, Lecinaro, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Maturano, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Terracina, Moscato Giallo, Mostosa, Nero Buono, Olivella Nera, Pampanaro, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Sciascinoso, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Cesenese Nero

Min planting density

2,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Nettuno

Nearest city

5 km north-east of Anzio 45,403 people

To the sea

2.2 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Western Connecticut Highlands (United States), Huanren icewine (China), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–86 m

Mean elevation

42 m

Mean slope

1.6° (3 %)

Steepest tenth

above 3°

Faces

several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 141,333 elevation cells of about 29 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

• Unconsolidated sediments97%

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

Communes · 2

• Anzio
• Nettuno

Sources

EU register of geographical indications