Esino#Esino DOC
{{Infobox river
| name = Esino
| image =
| image_caption =
| map = LocationEsinoRiver.jpg
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| source1_location = Province of Macerata, near Esanatoglia
| source1_elevation = {{convert|1116|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = Adriatic Sea
| mouth_location = Falconara Marittima
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43.6428|13.3730|display=it|region:IT_type:river}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Italy
| length = {{convert|85|km|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|18|m3/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|1,203|km2|abbr=on}}
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The Esino ({{IPA|it|eˈziːno|lang}}; {{langx|la|Aesis}}){{cite book |title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory |editor=Richard J.A. Talbert |volume=I |year=2000 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK |isbn=0691049459 |page=607 }} is a river in the Marche region of central Italy.
Geography
The source of the river is east of Monte Penna, in the province of Macerata, near the border with the province of Ancona.{{cite book |title=Hammond World Atlas |edition=6 |year=2010 |publisher=Hammond World Atlas Corporation |isbn=9780843715606 |page=71 }} The river flows east past Esanatoglia and curves north by Matelica before crossing the border into the province of Ancona near Cerreto d'Esi.{{cite book |title=The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World |edition=13 |year=2011 |publisher=Times Books |location=London |isbn=9780007419135 |page=76 O8}} The river continues flowing north before curving northeast near Genga. It then flows northeast near Serra San Quirico, Maiolati Spontini, Castelplanio, Castelbellino, Jesi, Chiaravalle and Montemarciano before flowing into the Adriatic Sea near Falconara Marittima.
Esino DOC
Since 1995, the area around the Esino has been permitted to produce red and white Italian DOC wines. Grapes are limited to a harvest yield of 12 tonnes/ha with the finished wines requiring a minimum alcohol level of 10.5%. Reds are a minimum 60% of Montepulciano and/or Sangiovese, with other local grape varieties permitted to fill out of the rest. Whites are predominantly composed of Verdicchio (50–100%), with other local varieties permitted to fill out the rest.P. Saunders Wine Label Language pg 158 Firefly Books 2004. {{ISBN|1-55297-720-X}}.
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of the Province of Macerata
Category:Rivers of the Province of Ancona
Category:Adriatic Italian coast basins
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