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Val Polcèvera

Appellation

Val Polcèvera is an appellation in Italy across 7 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
1999-02-19
Area
37,795 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
20.78 × 34.16 km
Centre
44.4763° N, 8.8381° E
Grapes
Albana, Albarola, Albarossa, Alicante, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bianchetta Genovese, Bosco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo Nero, Ciliegiolo, Dolcetto, Greco, Lumassina, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Bianco, Pigato, Pollera Nera, Rollo, Rossese Bianco, Rossese, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Syrah, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vermentino Nero
Other grapes
Ruzzese, Scimiscia'
Max yield
66.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
8.8 km west of Serra Riccò
Nearest city
12 km north-west of Genoa 580,097 people
To the sea
5.4 km
Same latitude
Champlain Valley of New York (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–1,170 m
Mean elevation
359 m

Measured over the whole outline on 127,888 elevation cells of about 54 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 Polcevera Rosso Red
CiliegioloDolcettoSangiovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Rosso Novello Red
CiliegioloDolcettoSangiovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Rosso Frizzante Red · Semi-Sparkling Wine
CiliegioloDolcettoSangiovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Rosato Rosé
CiliegioloDolcettoSangiovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Rosato Frizzante Rosé · Semi-Sparkling Wine
CiliegioloDolcettoSangiovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Vermentino White
Vermentino
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianco White
AlbarolaBianchetta GenoveseVermentino
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianchetta Genovese White
Bianchetta Genovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianco Passito White · Wine From Raisined Grapes
AlbarolaBianchetta GenoveseVermentino
max 47.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianchetta Genovese Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Bianchetta Genovese
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianco Spumante di Qualità White · Sparkling Wine
AlbarolaBianchetta GenoveseVermentino
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Coronata White
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianco Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
AlbarolaBianchetta GenoveseVermentino
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Vermentino Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Vermentino
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Val Polcevera Bianco Spumante di Qualità White · Quality Sparkling Wine
AlbarolaBianchetta GenoveseVermentino
max 66.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 7

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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