Locorotondo

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Locorotondo in Italy

Latitude: 40.7°–40.9° N
Vineyard altitude: 267 m to 357 m
Production zone: 23,120 ha

Worked out from the boundaries (smallest container first). They follow whole communes, so a neighbour sharing a commune can show up here too.

Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Locorotondo must meet.

8 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Max wine hl/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l	Ageing min. months
Locorotondo	Verdeca, Bianco di Alessano	13	91	70	9.5	11	–	4.5	14	–
Locorotondo Superiore	Verdeca, Bianco di Alessano	10	70	70	11	12	–	4.5	17	–
Locorotondo Riserva	Verdeca, Bianco di Alessano	13	91	70	9.5	11	–	4.5	17	12
Locorotondo Spumante	Verdeca, Bianco di Alessano	13	91	70	9.5	11	–	4.5	14	–
Locorotondo Passito	Verdeca, Bianco di Alessano	13	55	60	9.5	15	12	4	24	–
Locorotondo Verdeca	85% Verdeca	13	91	70	10	11	–	4.5	14	–
Locorotondo Bianco d’Alessano	85% Bianco di Alessano	13	91	70	10	11	–	4.5	14	–
Locorotondo Fiano	85% Fiano	13	91	70	10	11.5	–	4.5	16	–

From the official production rules (disciplinare di produzione). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

Blend rules

≥ 50% Verdeca · Main grape
≥ 35% Bianco di Alessano · Main grape
≤ 15% other native white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Locorotondo Superiore

≥ 50% Verdeca · Main grape
≥ 35% Bianco di Alessano · Main grape
≤ 15% other native white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Locorotondo Riserva

≥ 50% Verdeca · Main grape
≥ 35% Bianco di Alessano · Main grape
≤ 15% other native white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

At least 12 months' ageing; release from 1 November of the year after the harvest.

Blend rules

Locorotondo Spumante

≥ 50% Verdeca · Main grape
≥ 35% Bianco di Alessano · Main grape
≤ 15% other native white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Locorotondo Passito

≥ 50% Verdeca · Main grape
≥ 35% Bianco di Alessano · Main grape
≤ 15% other native white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Locorotondo Verdeca

≥ 85% Verdeca · Main grape
≤ 15% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Locorotondo Bianco d’Alessano

≥ 85% Bianco di Alessano · Main grape
≤ 15% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Blend rules

Locorotondo Fiano

≥ 85% Fiano · Main grape
≤ 15% other white grapes authorised in Puglia (Murgia Centrale, Salento-Arco Jonico) · Others allowed

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

33 varieties · 5 wines

Antinello, Asprinio Bianco, Bombino Bianco, Cococciola, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Marchione, Maresco, Minutolo, Montonico Bianco, Moscatello Selvatico, Mostosa, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Locorotondo Verdeca

Antinello, Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Cococciola, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Marchione, Maresco, Minutolo, Montonico Bianco, Moscatello Selvatico, Mostosa, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Locorotondo Bianco d’Alessano

Antinello, Asprinio Bianco, Bombino Bianco, Cococciola, Falanghina, Fiano, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Marchione, Maresco, Minutolo, Montonico Bianco, Moscatello Selvatico, Mostosa, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Locorotondo Fiano

Antinello, Asprinio Bianco, Bianco d'Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Cococciola, Falanghina, Francavidda, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grillo, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Manzoni Bianco, Marchione, Maresco, Minutolo, Montonico Bianco, Moscatello Selvatico, Mostosa, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Pampanuto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdeca, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Welschriesling

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

3,500

Vines per hectare, minimum

No forcing

Forcing the vines is prohibited

Permitted

Irrigation

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

Allowed

Enrichment (chaptalisation)

02 · Climate fingerprint

The climate

The growing season averages 20.2 °C, hot on Gregory Jones's scale, with 2,183 growing degree days (Winkler IV).

The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 309 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season

Growing-season temperature: 20.2 °C; Hot · 19–21 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days: 2,183; Region IV: 1,944–2,221 degree days
Growing-season rain: 307 mm; Of 639 mm a year
Harvest rain: 136 mm; September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 269 m; Vineyard point 2, 357 m; Vineyard point 3, 268 m; Vineyard point 4, 266 m; Vineyard point 5, 387 m), moved to each point's height from the model's terrain. Indices that need daily data are not captured yet. How the climate figures are made.

Closest climates in the database

Picked by the data, not by hand: the profiles nearest on season warmth (counted twice), degree days, rain, ripening-month nights and day–night range. Neighbours within 30 km are left out, as they share the same weather.

1. Moscato di SorsoVery similarCompared with Locorotondo: same season warmth, similar rain.

2. Gioia del ColleVery similarCompared with Locorotondo: same season warmth, similar rain.

3. CorseVery similarCompared with Locorotondo: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Locorotondo

20.2 °C

Moscato di Sorso

20.2 °C

Gioia del Colle

20.2 °C

Corse

20.2 °C

Growing degree days

Locorotondo

2,183

Moscato di Sorso

2,184

Gioia del Colle

2,189

Corse

2,181

Growing-season rain

Locorotondo

307 mm

Moscato di Sorso

297 mm

Gioia del Colle

315 mm

Corse

320 mm

03 · Year by year

35 vintages

Each column is one growing season: heat above or below the 1991–2020 average, and rain at harvest. Pick a year for the details.

Warmer than averageCooler than averageHarvest rain (Sep–Oct)Average harvest rain, 136 mm

2025

Growing-season temp.
Growing degree days
Harvest rain
Growing-season rain
September nights
Hot days and frosts

Seasons are labelled by harvest year (April–October). Year-to-year changes from ERA5-Land; tested against station records in Alto Adige (r = 0.94 for season temperature at Bolzano). Rain varies more locally, so treat single-season rain with some caution. Vintage ratings, harvest dates and frost or hail events have places in the data model but are not loaded yet.

04 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
Quality wines in Italy and France: a dataset of PDO specifications · figshare 25393261 · CC BY 4.0
ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
OpenStreetMap vineyard areas (landuse=vineyard), from Geofabrik country extracts · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0
Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (AWS open data tiles) · European Space Agency / Copernicus · Copernicus DEM licence
Disciplinare di produzione: Locorotondo · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act
Appellation nesting worked out from boundaries (pipeline/build_nesting.py) · Vinous, from the Eurac PDO boundaries · CC0 (source data)
Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method

Still to check (3)

Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
From the specification: Spumante is made by natural refermentation (bottle or tank not stated) within Bari, Brindisi and Taranto provinces, and may be extra brut to sweet. Passito grapes must be dried to at least 250 g/l sugar; enrichment is not allowed for the passito. The Fiano's alcohol minimum is written without 'totale'; recorded as total.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.