Barco Reale di Carmignano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The core of the Montalbano range is formed by the 'macigno', a formation of graded quartz-feldspar sandstones of Oligocene age.
• Over wide areas to the north and south of Carmignano, substantial outcrops of alberese appear — a whitish marly limestone with a conchoidal fracture.
• Soils derived from the sandstones are loose, sandy loam in texture, slightly acidic in reaction, and well supplied with potassium, while those originating from the clay complex and marly limestones have a fine, clay-loam or clay texture, a neutral to slightly alkaline reaction, and good water-retention capacity.
• The Montalbano range does not reach great elevations, culminating at Poggio al Ciliegio at 611 metres above sea level, while the vine-planted slopes are rarely found above three hundred metres.
• The opening of the Carmignano hillside onto the Florence–Pistoia plain favours both sunlight exposure and ventilation, and the proximity of the Apennines with their cool winds produces an excellent diurnal temperature range, in a context of mean annual rainfall below one thousand millimetres concentrated mainly in autumn and winter.

• The name Barco Reale derives from an ancient Medici hunting reserve enclosed by a wall, from which the term 'barco', meaning 'park', originates.
• In 1716 the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici issued a decree to define clearly the boundaries of the Carmignano wine production zone.
• Vin Ruspo is linked to the local sharecropping (mezzadria) tradition: the sharecroppers (mezzadri) would draw off one or two demijohns from the vat before the journey to the wine cellar (tinaia), hence the name of wine 'ruspato', meaning 'pilfered'.

• Barco Reale di Carmignano presents a lively, bright ruby colour, with a vinous, intensely fruity bouquet, and a dry, sapid, fresh, full, and harmonious palate. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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-A1325
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela dei Vini di Carmignano