Switzerland · Cantonal AOC
DOC Ticino
Appellation
DOC Ticino is an appellation of Ticino in Switzerland. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.
Italian-speaking Switzerland south of the Alps, where Merlot has been the main red grape since the early 20th century.
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Key facts
- Type
- Cantonal AOC
- Extent N–S × E–W
- 90.04 × 59.85 km
- Centre
- 46.2255° N, 8.7922° E
- Wine region
- Ticino
Where it is
- Nearest town
- 6.1 km north of Locarno
- Nearest city
- 18 km north-west of Bellinzona 43,220 people
- To the sea
- 199 km
- Rivers nearby
- Ticino (7.2 km)
- Lakes nearby
- Como (6.7 km) · Lugano (27 km)
- Same latitude
- Goose Gap (United States)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
- Elevation
- 194–3,341 m
- Mean elevation
- 1,399 m
Measured over the whole outline on 63,613 elevation cells of about 212 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock
- Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)67%
- Unconsolidated sediments11%
- Mixed sedimentary rocks11%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Wineries · 24
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