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Romagna Albana

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Romagna Albana is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 20 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Albana. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
188,253 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
61.81 × 83.14 km
Centre
44.2922° N, 11.7941° E
Grapes
Albana, Alionza, Bervedino, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Durella, Fiano, Garganega, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Melara, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Ortrugo, Pignoletto, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Ruggine, Santa Maria, Sauvignon, Semillon, Spergola, Tocai Friulano, Trebbianina, Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdicchio Bianco, Vernaccina
Other grapes
Famoso, Montu', Mueller Thurgau
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
1,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
3.1 km south of Castel Bolognese
Nearest city
7 km west of Faenza 41,714 people
To the sea
43 km
Same latitude
Prince Edward County (Canada), Wisconsin Ledge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–843 m
Mean elevation
132 m

Measured over the whole outline on 158,345 elevation cells of about 109 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

Romagna Albana Secco White
Albana
max 70 hl/ha · min 1,500 vines/ha
Romagna Albana Amabile White
Albana
max 70 hl/ha · min 1,500 vines/ha
Romagna Albana Dolce White
Albana
max 70 hl/ha · min 1,500 vines/ha
Romagna Albana Passito White · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Albana
max 50 hl/ha · min 1,500 vines/ha
Romagna Albana Passito Riserva White · Wine From Raisined Grapes
Albana
max 50 hl/ha · min 1,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 20

Wineries · 29

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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