Ostuni

Ostuni is an appellation in Italy across 7 communes. The rules allow white wine. 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

1973-09-18

Area

93,405 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

37.14 × 57.39 km

Centre

40.6507° N, 17.6923° E

Grapes

Bianco D'Alessano, Francavidda, Impigno, Negro Amaro, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Susumaniello, Verdeca

Other grapes

Malvasia Nera

Irrigation

Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town

1.5 km west of San Vito dei Normanni

Nearest city

21 km west of Brindisi 87,141 people

To the sea

12 km

Same latitude

Aragatsotn (Armenia), Lehigh Valley (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

0–379 m

Mean elevation

109 m

Measured over the whole outline on 70,168 elevation cells of about 116 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)98%

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

Communes · 7

• Brindisi
• Carovigno
• Ceglie Messapica
• Latiano
• Ostuni
• San Michele Salentino
• San Vito Dei Normanni

Wineries · 5

• Cantina sociale "Pietro De Laurentis"
• Castel Serranova Vallone Winery
• Enoteca Anelli
• Somm'a4
• Tenute Rubino

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications