Vesuvio

Vesuvio is an appellation in Italy across 15 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: intermediate volcanic rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

20,878 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

20.11 × 19.45 km

Centre

40.8244° N, 14.4294° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Coda Di Volpe Bianca, Falanghina, Greco, Piedirosso, Sciascinoso, Verdeca

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

6.5 km north-east of Torre del Greco

Nearest city

8 km east of Portici 53,801 people

To the sea

7 km

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), Warren Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–1,269 m

Mean elevation

205 m

Mean slope

6.4° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 17°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 251,019 elevation cells of about 29 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

• Intermediate volcanic rocks78%
• Acid volcanic rocks20%

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

Communes · 15

• Boscoreale
• Boscotrecase
• Cercola
• Ercolano
• Ottaviano
• Pollena Trocchia
• Portici
• San Giuseppe Vesuviano
• San Sebastiano Al Vesuvio
• Sant'Anastasia
• Somma Vesuviana
• Terzigno
• Torre Annunziata
• Torre Del Greco
• Trecase

Wineries · 2

• Cantina Del Vesuvio Winery Russo Family since 1930
• Cantine Villa Dora

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications