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Calabria (province of Reggio Calabria)

Calabria is the bergamot’s country on record: the designation’s zone is the coast of the province of Reggio Calabria, from Scilla round the toe of Italy to Monasterace.

No harvest months are given: the specification has the fruit picked when its colour turns from green to yellow, and no filed source names months. The point on the globe is Wikidata’s point for the region, not an orchard, and the clock beside it is local time.

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The record

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Place
Calabria (province of Reggio Calabria)
documented

GEO-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation), property P625 (coordinate location) of the item linked to · read 2026-09-27

the place name as the harvest globe’s data spells it; the Wikidata item is Q1458 (Calabria)

confidence A

Region
the coastal comuni of the province of Reggio Calabria named in the PDO specification, from Scilla to Monasterace
documented

La zona di produzione della denominazione di origine protetta "Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria - olio essenziale", comprende l'area vogata della provincia di Regione Calabria, comprendente i seguenti comuni: Scilla, Villa San Giovanni, Campo Calabro, Fiumara

PDO-1 · Disciplinare per la denominazione di origine protetta “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – oli · read 2026-09-30
GC-3 · Navarra M, Mannucci C, Delbò M, Calapai G · read 2026-09-30

GC-3: “cultivated almost exclusively along the southern coast of the Calabria region” (GC-3)

confidence A

Country
Italy
documented

GEO-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation), property P625 (coordinate location) of the item linked to · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

Coordinates
39, 16.5 (a representative point for the region (Wikidata P625), not an orchard; the PDO zone is the coastal comuni of the province of Reggio Calabria)
documented

Wikidata Q1458 (Calabria) P625

GEO-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation), property P625 (coordinate location) of the item linked to · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

Time zone
Europe/Rome
documented

IT +4154+01229 Europe/Rome

TZ-1 · IANA Time Zone Database, zone.tab, release 2026d (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority); pu · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

Traditions
the protected designation of origin “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – olio essenziale”, with its own register of orchards and control body
documented

La denominazione di origine protetta " Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria - olio essenziale" è riservata esclusivamente all'olio essenziale estratto con il metodo cold pressed dal frutto Citrus Bergamia Risso nelle varietà Femminello, Castagnaro e Fantastico, prodotti negli impianti iscritti nel corrispondente albo dei bergamotteti che sarà tenuto presso l'organismo di controllo.

PDO-1 · Disciplinare per la denominazione di origine protetta “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – oli · read 2026-09-30

a legal designation; the specification gives no history

confidence A

Harvest, as a source states it
    Grows here
    Harvest and processing here
    • picking of the fruit (harvest): by hand or by machine, without damaging the peel
      documented

      La raccolta dei frutti è manuale o meccanizzata su fratti che presentano una colorazione virante dal verde al giallo e deve comunque essere effettuata con modalità atte a non ledere l'integrità della buccia.

      PDO-1 · Disciplinare per la denominazione di origine protetta “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – oli · read 2026-09-30

      the PDO specification “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – olio essenziale” (Art. 4): a requirement of the designation

      confidence A

      ; when: when the fruit’s colour is turning from green to yellow
      documented

      La raccolta dei frutti è manuale o meccanizzata su fratti che presentano una colorazione virante dal verde al giallo e deve comunque essere effettuata con modalità atte a non ledere l'integrità della buccia.

      PDO-1 · Disciplinare per la denominazione di origine protetta “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – oli · read 2026-09-30

      the specification sets no months

      confidence A

      record

    Films and plates

    • OR-7 · bergamot: the origin film (the field to the bench) · queued: the master queue lists OR-7 as queued (the render queue’s list, read 2026-09-30); no path until it is rendered and published
      a render-time texture (Leafy Grass; a render input only): "Leafy Grass", Charlotte Baglioni (Poly Haven), CC0 1.0; a render-time texture (Bark Brown 02; a render input only): "Bark Brown 02", Rob Tuytel (Poly Haven), CC0 1.0

    Claims register

    Every sentence and number the site states about this record, with its status after the 2026-09-27 review.

    • softened · Bergamot is a small, bitter citrus fruit grown mainly in the Calabria region of southern Italy, along a narrow coastal strip. Its microclimate — Mediterranean sun, the soil, coastal humidity — is hard to match elsewhere, and Calabria is the best-known source of bergamot oil. (was: Bergamot is a small, bitter citrus fruit grown almost exclusively in the Calabria region of southern Italy, along a narrow 100-kilometer coastal strip. The microclimate — Mediterranean sun, specific soil composition, coastal humidity — cannot be replicated elsewhere. Attempts to cultivate in other regions produce inferior oil. Calabria produces 90% of the world’s supply.)
      documented · register row 2285

      GC-3 · Navarra M, Mannucci C, Delbò M, Calapai G · read 2026-09-30

      the page now ends “Calabria is the best-known source of bergamot oil” (the register’s after-column reads “supplies most of the world’s bergamot oil”). GC-3 supports “grown mainly in Calabria … along a coastal strip” (“cultivated almost exclusively along the southern coast”); PDO-1 names the coastal comuni of the zone. The microclimate sentence and “small, bitter” have no filed source. GC-3 (a review) says “more than 90% of the world production of bergamot comes from this region” (GC-3), with no source cited for the figure: a secondary witness that supports the old “90 %” in substance; restoring the number is main’s call

      where the site says it: /materials, “Omani Frankincense”

      confidence B

    • softened · Calabria: The best-known source (was: Calabria share: 90% global)
      documented · register row 2287

      GC-3 · Navarra M, Mannucci C, Delbò M, Calapai G · read 2026-09-30

      the register’s after-column reads “Most of the world’s supply”; the page now reads “The best-known source”. GC-3 (a review) says “more than 90% of the world production of bergamot comes from this region” (GC-3), with no source cited for the figure: a secondary witness that supports the old “90 %” in substance; restoring the number is main’s call

      where the site says it: /materials, “Calabrian Bergamot”

      confidence B

    • removed · (removed) (was: Harvest: Nov–Feb)
      unsourced · register row 2288

      removed by the house’s review 2026-09-27. PDO-1 (read 2026-09-30) defines the harvest by the fruit’s colour, turning from green to yellow, not by months (PDO-1): the removal stands; the page says “Harvest season not stated here — no dated source yet”

    • softened · Calabria is the best-known source of bergamot oil. (was: Calabria produces 90% of the world’s supply.)
      documented · register row 731

      GC-3 · Navarra M, Mannucci C, Delbò M, Calapai G · read 2026-09-30

      softened by the house’s review 2026-09-27 (row 2285). GC-3 (a review) says “more than 90% of the world production of bergamot comes from this region” (GC-3), with no source cited for the figure: a secondary witness that supports the old “90 %” in substance; restoring the number is main’s call

      where the site says it: /materials, “Omani Frankincense”

      confidence B

    • softened · Calabria: The best-known source (was: Calabria share 90% global)
      documented · register row 732

      GC-3 · Navarra M, Mannucci C, Delbò M, Calapai G · read 2026-09-30

      the facts list (row 2287 records the softening). GC-3 (a review) says “more than 90% of the world production of bergamot comes from this region” (GC-3), with no source cited for the figure: a secondary witness that supports the old “90 %” in substance; restoring the number is main’s call

      where the site says it: /materials, “Calabrian Bergamot”

      confidence B

    Sources

    1. PDO-1 · Disciplinare per la denominazione di origine protetta “Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria – olio essenziale” (the Italian PDO production specification, six articles and Annex A). Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF), Disciplinari DOP e IGP prodotti agricoli, 2.10 Olii Essenziali; PDF, undated. www.masaf.gov.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.p… · read 2026-09-30
    2. GC-3 · Navarra M, Mannucci C, Delbò M, Calapai G. Citrus bergamia essential oil: from basic research to clinical application. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2015;6:36. DOI 10.3389/fphar.2015.00036. PMID 25784877. PMCID PMC4345801. doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2015.00036 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY (open access, as the article states); short quotes only, the text is not filed
    3. GEO-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation), property P625 (coordinate location) of the item linked to the English Wikipedia article of each place; wbgetentities API, read 2026-09-27. Values rounded to 5 decimals by the fetch script; representative points (city, region or country centroid), not field locations. www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities&… · read 2026-09-27 · CC0 1.0 (Wikidata data licence)
    4. TZ-1 · IANA Time Zone Database, zone.tab, release 2026d (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority); public domain. data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb/zone.tab · read 2026-09-27 · public domain

    These records are published under CC BY 4.0.

    this record as data: /data/origin/calabria-it.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A