Aleatico di Puglia

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils display the classic terra rossa derived from the dissolution of limestone bedrock, composed of insoluble residues of iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides.
• The soils are clayey or clay-silty, with a skeleton content reaching approximately 60% of total constituents.
• The vineyards are cultivated at altitudes ranging from 200 to 700 metres above sea level, with variable slopes and a general aspect oriented toward the east and south-east.
• The climate is warm and arid, with rainfall varying from 800 mm to 400 mm per year depending on the vintage, with approximately 70% concentrated in the autumn-winter period.
• During the vegetative period of the vine, from April to September, rainfall is very modest, averaging around 300 mm, with summers that are sometimes entirely without precipitation.

• The Greeks introduced into Puglia grape varieties now considered indigenous, such as Negroamaro and Uva di Troia, together with the bush-trained (alberello) vine-training system.
• Pliny the Elder described Manduria, the Puglian territory emblematic of Primitivo, as viticulosae — that is, full of vines — and Mesagne, Alezio, and Sava received the same designation.

• The wines display well-balanced physico-chemical characteristics across all styles, with aromas and flavours on both the nose and palate that are typical of the grape varieties used.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0540