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Valdadige Terradeiforti

Appellation

Valdadige Terradeiforti is an appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow white and red wine, based on Pinot Grigio, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata and Casetta. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name
Valdadige Terradeiforti / Terradeiforti
Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
14,428 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
28.06 × 17.54 km
Centre
45.6559° N, 10.8922° E
Grapes
Ancellotta, Barbera, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Bronner, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Casetta, Corbina, Cortese, Corvina, Corvinone, Croatina, Dindarella, Durella, Forsellina, Franconia, Gamay, Garganega, Goldtraminer, Gosen, Grapariol, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Kerner, Lagarino, Lagrein, Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Maor, Marzemina Grossa, Marzemino, Merlot, Meunier, Molinara, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Negrara, Nosiola, Oseleta, Paolina, Pavana, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Portoghese, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Regent, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rondinella, Rossara, Rossignola, Saint Laurent, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Schiava Gentile, Schiava Grigia, Schiava Grossa, Semillon, Sennen, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Teroldego, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Di Soave, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Turca, Turchetta, Veltliner, Verdealbara, Viognier
Other grapes
Biancaccia, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Eidos, Cabernet Volos, Carmenere, Fleurtai, Groppello Di Revo, Helios, Iasma Eco 1, Iasma Eco 2, Iasma Eco 3, Iasma Eco 4, Johanniter, Julius, Marselan, Merlot Kanthus, Merlot Khorus, Mueller Thurgau, Muscaris, Palava, Prior, Sauvignon Kretos, Sauvignon Nepis, Sauvignon Rytos, Solaris, Soreli, Souvignier Gris, Spigamonti
Max yield
98 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km north-east of Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Nearest city
25 km north of Verona 258,031 people
To the sea
106 km
Rivers nearby
Adige (0.5 km)
Lakes nearby
Garda (12 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
87–2,164 m
Mean elevation
612 m

Measured over the whole outline on 51,204 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

Valdadige Terradeiforti/Terradeiforti Pinot Grigio White
Pinot Grigio
max 98 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Valdadige Terradeiforti/Terradeiforti Pinot Grigio Superiore White
Pinot Grigio
max 84 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Valdadige Terradeiforti/Terradeiforti Enantio Red
Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Valdadige Terradeiforti/Terradeiforti Enantio Riserva Red
Lambrusco A Foglia Frastagliata
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Valdadige Terradeiforti/Terradeiforti Casetta Red
Casetta
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Valdadige Terradeiforti/Terradeiforti Casetta Riserva Red
Casetta
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 4

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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