Terre del Colleoni

Terre del Colleoni is an appellation in Italy across 71 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Official name

Terre del Colleoni / Colleoni

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2011-12-21

Area

49,428 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

20.38 × 47.47 km

Centre

45.6973° N, 9.7437° E

Grapes

Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Bronner, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cortese, Corvina, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Erbamat, Erbanno, Fortana, Franconia, Freisa, Garganega, Groppello Di Mocasina, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Terzi 1, Invernenga, Kerner, Lagrein, Lambrusco Di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Maiolina, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Montepulciano, Moradella, Mornasca, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Di Scanzo, Moscato Giallo, Moscato Rosa, Nebbiolo, Negrara, Petit Verdot, Pignola, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Schiava, Serbina, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Tocai Friulano, Traminer Aromatico, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Uva Rara, Veltliner, Verdea, Verdese, Vespolina

Other grapes

Bellagna, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Fleurtai, Grappello Ruberti, Helios, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Incrocio Terzi N.1, Johanniter, Julius, Merera, Merlot Kanthus, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Prior, Rossola Nera, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris

Max yield

91 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

2 km north-east of Seriate

Nearest city

6 km east of Bergamo 121,200 people

To the sea

155 km

Rivers nearby

Oglio (14 km) · Adda (20 km)

Lakes nearby

Iseo (18 km) · Como (29 km)

Same latitude

Columbia Gorge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

162–1,410 m

Mean elevation

385 m

Measured over the whole outline on 174,344 elevation cells of about 53 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)51%
• Unconsolidated sediments47%

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

Communes · 71

Wineries · 5

• Cantina Sociale Bergamasca
• La Ca'
• Le driadi
• Nove Lune
• Vini e Sfizi

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications