San Severo

San Severo is an appellation in Italy across 9 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

141,579 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

58.94 × 43.85 km

Centre

41.6630° N, 15.3452° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Aglianicone, Barbera, Bianco D'Alessano, Biancolella, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Cococciola, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Fiano, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Nera Di Basilicata, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscatello Selvatico, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Negro Amaro, Pampanuto, Petit Verdot, Piedirosso, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Somarello Rosso, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Di Troia, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino

Max yield

115 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of San Severo

Nearest city

18 km north of Lucera 32,222 people

To the sea

28 km

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Loess Hills District (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–683 m

Mean elevation

102 m

Measured over the whole outline on 109,643 elevation cells of about 114 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

• Unconsolidated sediments46%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)44%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks10%

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

Communes · 9

• Apricena
• Castelnuovo Della Daunia
• Lesina
• Lucera
• Pietramontecorvino
• Poggio Imperiale
• San Paolo Di Civitate
• San Severo
• Torremaggiore

Sources

EU register of geographical indications