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Nuragus di Cagliari

Appellation

Nuragus di Cagliari is an appellation in Italy across 190 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Nuragus. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1976-03-29
Area
968,748 ha registered outline
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
151.59 × 122.94 km
Centre
39.5466° N, 9.0433° E
Grapes
Albaranzeuli Bianco, Ansonica, Arneis, Arvesiniadu, Biancolella, Clairette, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Garganega, Greco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Sardegna, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nasco, Nuragus, Pinot Bianco, Retagliado Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semidano, Sylvaner Verde, Tocai Friulano, Torbato, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Verduzzo Friulano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di Oristano, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano
Other grapes
Alvarega, Aniga Bragia, Argu Mannu, Bianca Addosa, Bianca Remungia, Codronisca, Cranaccia Arussa, Cuccuau, Doronadu, Licronaxu, Mara Bianca, Mueller Thurgau, Pansale, Selezione Vedele, Sinnidanu
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km east of Sanluri
Nearest city
36 km north of Cagliari 149,257 people
To the sea
31 km
Same latitude
Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Syunik (Armenia), Catoctin (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-4–1,192 m
Mean elevation
228 m

Measured over the whole outline on 175,819 elevation cells of about 236 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

Nuragus di Cagliari White
Nuragus
min 3,500 vines/ha
Nuragus di Cagliari Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Nuragus
min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 190

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Wineries · 5

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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