Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Primitivo di Manduria

Appellation

Primitivo di Manduria is an appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Primitivo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1976-03-29
Area: 98,497 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 32.85 × 57.93 km
Centre: 40.4320° N, 17.5151° E
Grapes: Aglianico, Aglianicone, Barbera, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Lacrima, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Merlot, Montepulciano, Negro Amaro, Negroamaro Precoce, Notardomenico, Ottavianello, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Susumaniello, Syrah, Uva Di Troia
Max yield: 63 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 4.6 km north-west of Sava
Nearest city: 13 km south-west of Francavilla Fontana 33,415 people
To the sea: 13 km
Same latitude: Aragatsotn (Armenia), Manton 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: -1–322 m
Mean elevation: 63 m

Measured over the whole outline on 73,780 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.