Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Val d'Arbia

Appellation

Val d'Arbia is an appellation in Italy across 11 communes. The rules allow white and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 134,888 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 51.83 × 44.67 km
Centre: 43.3177° N, 11.3689° E
Grapes: Albana, Albarola, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Barsaglina, Biancone, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Clairette, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Durella, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Grechetto, Greco, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lambrusco Maestri, Livornese Bianca, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier
Other grapes: Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Mueller Thurgau, Nocchianello Bianco, Nocchianello Nero
Max yield: 71.5 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.1 km east of Siena
Nearest city: 52 km south of Florence 367,150 people
To the sea: 73 km
Rivers nearby: Arno (24 km)
Same latitude: Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Lake Wisconsin (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 114–880 m
Mean elevation: 313 m

Measured over the whole outline on 109,697 elevation cells of about 111 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

Val d’Arbia Bianco White

Malvasia Bianca LungaTrebbiano Toscano

max 71.5 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha

Val d’Arbia Chardonnay White

Chardonnay