Vernaccia di San Gimignano

Vernaccia di San Gimignano is a DOCG appellation in Italy in San Gimignano. The rules allow white wine, based on Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.3 km west of Poggibonsi and 30 km north-west of Siena.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

13,862 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

16.1 × 13.02 km

Centre

43.4775° N, 11.0331° E

Grapes

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Roussanne, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Nocchianello Bianco

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

9.3 km west of Poggibonsi

Nearest city

30 km north-west of Siena 53,901 people

To the sea

48 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

64–625 m

Mean elevation

251 m

Mean slope

10.5° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 18°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 180,816 elevation cells of about 28 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)82%

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

Communes · 1

• San Gimignano

Wineries · 10

• Altezza Winery
• Arrigoni Pietraserena
• Azienda Agricola Montenidoli
• Azienda Agricola Palagetto
• Azienda Agricola Podere La Castellaccia
• Corbucci
• Fattoria San Donato
• Podere San Lorenzo
• Poderi Arcangelo
• Tenuta Torciano

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications