Verduno Pelaverga

Verduno Pelaverga is an appellation in Italy in La Morra, Roddi and Verduno. The rules allow red wine, based on Pelaverga Piccolo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.1 km west of Alba and 35 km south-west of Asti.

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

Key facts

Official name

Verduno Pelaverga / Verduno

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

4,069 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

8.17 × 7.8 km

Centre

44.6590° N, 7.9348° E

Grapes

Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina

Other grapes

Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Max yield

8.1 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km west of Alba

Nearest city

35 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

64 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (3.8 km)

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (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

166–552 m

Mean elevation

275 m

Mean slope

7.9° (14 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 221,806 elevation cells of about 14 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

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)80%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%

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

Communes · 3

• La Morra
• Roddi
• Verduno

Wineries · 5

• Agricola Gian Piero Marrone
• Castrum Roche
• Fratelli Ferrero
• Gianni Ramello Winery
• Nadia Curto

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications