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Vermentino di Sardegna

Appellation

Vermentino di Sardegna is an appellation in Italy across 377 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Vermentino. 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
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
2,410,622 ha registered outline
Separate plots
17
Extent N–S × E–W
270.24 × 144.66 km
Centre
40.0667° N, 9.0973° E
Grapes
Albaranzeuli Bianco, Ansonica, Arneis, Arvesiniadu, Biancolella, Clairette, Cortese, Falanghina, Fiano, Forastera, Garganega, Greco, Guarnaccia, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Di Sardegna, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nasco, Nuragus, Pinot Bianco, Retagliado Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sauvignon, Semidano, Sylvaner Verde, Tocai Friulano, Torbato, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Verduzzo Friulano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di Oristano, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano
Other grapes
Alvarega, Aniga Bragia, Argu Mannu, Bianca Addosa, Bianca Remungia, Codronisca, Cranaccia Arussa, Cuccuau, Doronadu, Licronaxu, Mara Bianca, Mueller Thurgau, Pansale, Selezione Vedele, Sinnidanu
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
34 km south-west of Nuoro
Nearest city
47 km east of Oristano 31,671 people
To the sea
48 km
Same latitude
Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Armavir (Armenia), Lancaster Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–1,774 m
Mean elevation
334 m

Measured over the whole outline on 111,663 elevation cells of about 468 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

Vermentino di Sardegna White
Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Vermentino di Sardegna-Frizzante White · Semi-Sparkling Wine
Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Vermentino di Sardegna-Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Vermentino di Sardegna-Spumante White · Quality Sparkling Wine
Vermentino
min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 377

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Wineries · 20

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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