Torgiano Rosso Riserva

Torgiano Rosso Riserva is a DOCG appellation in Italy in Torgiano. The rules allow red wine, based on Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 9.1 km south-east of Perugia and 23 km north-west of Foligno.

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

2006-02-17

Area

3,763 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

10.53 × 7.51 km

Centre

43.0469° N, 12.4552° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Alicante, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Grechetto Rosso, Grero, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia, Mammolo, Merlot, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Vernaccia Nera

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Marselan

Min planting density

3,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km south-east of Perugia

Nearest city

23 km north-west of Foligno 56,918 people

To the sea

106 km

Rivers nearby

Tiber (2.1 km)

Lakes nearby

Trasimeno (23 km)

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

166–456 m

Mean elevation

216 m

Mean slope

5.5° (10 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 48,852 elevation cells of about 28 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 sediments63%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)22%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)15%

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

Communes · 1

• Torgiano

Sources

EU register of geographical indications