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Oltrepò Pavese Pinot grigio

Appellation

Oltrepò Pavese Pinot grigio is an appellation in Italy across 41 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Pinot Grigio and Pinot Nero. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2011-12-19
Area
51,556 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
32.71 × 33.07 km
Centre
44.9653° N, 9.1736° E
Grapes
Bronner, Bussanello, Cortese, Erbaluce, Erbamat, Garganega, Invernenga, Kerner, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Timorasso, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Veltliner, Verdea, Verdese
Other grapes
Fleurtai, Helios, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Johanniter, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris
Max yield
105 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
9.5 km north of Solaro
Nearest city
13 km south-east of Voghera 38,464 people
To the sea
66 km
Rivers nearby
Po (17 km) · Ticino (20 km)
Same latitude
Leelanau Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
55–854 m
Mean elevation
255 m

Measured over the whole outline on 44,577 elevation cells of about 108 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

Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Grigio White
Pinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 105 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Grigio Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Pinot GrigioPinot Nero
max 105 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 · 41

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Wineries · 12

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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