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Savuto

Appellation

Savuto is an appellation in Italy across 20 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1976-03-29
Area
42,141 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
24.75 × 36.22 km
Centre
39.1119° N, 16.2522° E
Grapes
Aglianico, Alicante, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Castiglione, Chardonnay, Gaglioppo, Greco Bianco, Greco Nero, Guardavalle, Guarnaccia, Magliocco Canino, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Manzoni Bianco, Marsigliana Nera, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Prunesta, Riesling Italico, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco
Other grapes
Pecorello, Zibibbo
Max yield
77 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km north of Lamezia Terme
Nearest city
21 km south of Cosenza 63,852 people
To the sea
15 km
Same latitude
Syunik (Armenia), Cape May Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
2–1,507 m
Mean elevation
622 m

Measured over the whole outline on 120,846 elevation cells of about 59 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

Savuto Bianco White
ChardonnayGreco BiancoMalvasia BiancaMontonico Bianco
max 77 hl/ha
Savuto Rosso Red
AglianicoGaglioppoGreco NeroNerello Cappuccio
max 77 hl/ha
Savuto Rosso Classico Red
AglianicoGaglioppoGreco NeroNerello Cappuccio
max 63 hl/ha
Savuto Rosso Superiore Red
AglianicoGaglioppoGreco NeroNerello Cappuccio
max 77 hl/ha
Savuto Rosato Rosé
AglianicoGaglioppoGreco NeroNerello Cappuccio
max 77 hl/ha
Savuto Rosato Classico Rosé
AglianicoGaglioppoGreco NeroNerello Cappuccio
max 63 hl/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 20

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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