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Controguerra
Controguerra
Comune
	Comune di Controguerra
	Church of Madonna delle Grazie
	Location of Controguerra
	Controguerra Location of Controguerra in Italy Controguerra Controguerra (Abruzzo)
	Coordinates: 42°51′N 13°49′E / 42.850°N 13.817°E
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	Teramo (TE)
Frazioni	Commenda, Mattonelle, Piano del Tronto, Pignotto, San Giovanni, San Giuseppe Lavoratore, Santa Croce, Taiano
Government
• Mayor	Franco Carletta
Area
• Total	22.82 km2 (8.81 sq mi)
Elevation	267 m (876 ft)
Population (30 June 2017)
• Total	2,376
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Demonym	Controguerresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	64010
Dialing code	0861
Patron saint	San Benedetto
Saint day	21 March
Website	Official website

Controguerra (Abruzzese: Cundrauè, Cundrùuèrrë) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Teramo, in the Italian region of Abruzzo.

Controguerra DOC

Controguerra is noted for the Italian DOC wine produced in the hills and a valley near the comune. The area produces a wide variety of wine styles including, red, white, passito and spumante. Grape harvest are limited to yields of 14 tonnes/ha. The red wines of Controguerra are made predominantly of Montepulciano (at least 60%) with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon permitted up to 15% of the blend and other local varieties permitted up to 25%. Whites wines are composed of 60% Trebbiano and at least 15% Passerina with other local varieties permitted up to 25%. Sparkling Spumante wines are composed of at least 60% Trebbiano, at least 30% blend of Chardonnay, Verdicchio and Pecorino with other varieties permitted up to 10%.^[3] Finished red wines are required to have at least 12% alcohol and finished whites a minimum of 11%.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ P. Saunders Wine Label Language pg 153-154 Firefly Books 2004. ISBN 1-55297-720-X.