Barletta
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- Calcareous/clayey soils, medium-textured or tending toward sandy loam, sufficiently deep and of good fertility.
- Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures: average minimum +8.6 °C and maximum +23.8 °C over the past sixty years.
- Average annual rainfall of approximately 600 mm, distributed over 70 days, with an autumnal peak and a summer minimum.
Human factors
- Uva di Troia is linked by legend to Diomedes and historically to the passion of Frederick II; its first scientific description was published in 1882.
- Traditional training system: Puglian alberello ("humilis sine adminculo"), pruned to two spurs with two buds each, average yield 50–70 ql/ha.
Terroir / wine link
- Calcareous-clayey medium-textured soils lend structure to the wines of Barletta, in a territory that is flat to 250 m above sea level.
Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.
Sources
- eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0542
- Official trade body site — Consorzio per la Tutela del Vino DOC Barletta