Benevento

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The delimited geographical zone encompasses the entire administrative territory of the province of Benevento, characterised by a well-defined lithological and geomorphological unity.
• The carbonate sediments consist of dolomites, dolomitic limestones, and limestones, while the terrigenous sediments include sandstones and varicoloured scaly clays outcropping on the slopes of Massico.
• The soils of the area are typical Regosols, with a predominant parent material of soft rocks such as sandstones, clays, and calcarenites.
• With regard to particle size, fine fractions smaller than 0.02 mm predominate, resulting in a high water-retention capacity of the soil.
• The zone is, as a whole, hilly, with elevations ranging from 200 to 650 metres above sea level, and annual rainfall can reach up to 1,400 mm at the highest altitudes.
• Calcium carbonate is a constituent regularly present in the soils, whether in finely disseminated form or as precipitate nodules.
• The city of Benevento lies in the Apennine hinterland of Campania, at the confluence of the river Calore, a tributary of the Volturno, and the river Sabato. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Viticulture in the province of Benevento has ancient roots dating to the 2nd century BC, as attested by the discovery at Dugenta of an amphora deposit together with the associated production kiln.
• The fan-trained (raggiera) system, with wide vine spacing and high bud loads (100,000–150,000 buds per hectare and 28 buds per vine distributed across 4 arched canes), has been largely replaced by trellis-trained systems such as Guyot, cordon spur, and hanging curtain.

• The production specification states that all red and white wines display well-balanced physico-chemical characteristics across all wine types produced.
• On the palate and nose, the wines exhibit predominant aromas that are typical of the grape varieties from which the wine is produced.

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 PGI-IT-A0283
• Official trade body site — Sannio Consorzio Tutela Vini