Santa Margherita di Belice

Santa Margherita di Belice is an appellation in Italy in Montevago and Santa Margherita Di Belice. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Santa Margherita di Belice and 22 km north of Sciacca.

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

2004-04-14

Area

9,996 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

12.16 × 16.43 km

Centre

37.6935° N, 12.9999° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albanello, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Carricante, Catanese Nero, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chenin, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Damaschino, Fiano, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minnella Bianca, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau, Nero D'Avola, Zibibbo

Min planting density

2,800 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Santa Margherita di Belice

Nearest city

22 km north of Sciacca 40,569 people

To the sea

15 km

Same latitude

Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Livermore Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

29–460 m

Mean elevation

253 m

Mean slope

7.5° (13 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 110,152 elevation cells of about 30 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)82%
• Unconsolidated sediments18%

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

Communes · 2

• Montevago
• Santa Margherita Di Belice

Wineries · 2

• Cantina Corbera
• Cantina Settesoli

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications