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Pornassio

Appellation

Pornassio is an appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name
Pornassio / Ormeasco di Pornassio
Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
32,089 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
22.25 × 25.92 km
Centre
44.0442° N, 7.8954° E
Grapes
Albarossa, Alicante, Barbera, Barsaglina, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Ciliegiolo, Dolcetto, Merlot, Pollera Nera, Rossese, Sangiovese, Syrah, Vermentino Nero
Max yield
63 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
21 km north of Imperia
Nearest city
27 km north-east of Sanremo 47,043 people
To the sea
22 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (11 km)
Same latitude
Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
114–2,137 m
Mean elevation
900 m

Measured over the whole outline on 107,147 elevation cells of about 55 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

Pornassio od Ormeasco di Pornassio Red
Dolcetto
max 63 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Pornassio od Ormeasco di Pornassio Sciac-Trà Red
Dolcetto
max 63 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Pornassio od Ormeasco di Pornassio Superiore Red
Dolcetto
max 63 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Pornassio od Ormeasco di Pornassio Passito Red · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Dolcetto
max 45 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Pornassio od Ormeasco di Pornassio Passito Liquoroso Red · Liqueur Wine
Dolcetto
max 45 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 13

Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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