Bianco Capena

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Three distinct geolithological units: recent alluvial deposits (silty-sandy/silty-clayey), Sabatine volcanics (tufo, ignimbrites, lavas), and Pliocene argillaceous-marnose sediments.
• Dominant volcanic origin: the Sabatino volcanic district produced pyroclastic and lava materials during the Pleistocene that are still exposed at the surface today.
• The marine Pliocene marne-rich argille constitute the basal substrate of the entire area, notable for both their thickness and aerial extent.
• Vineyards situated between 5 and 400 m above sea level, with a general westward exposure, between the Tevere valley and the Vulcano Sabatino.
• Transitional Mediterranean climate: annual rainfall 822–1,110 mm, mean temperatures 13.7–15.2 °C, with a relatively humid summer period (84–127 mm of summer precipitation).

• Etruscan viticulture is documented in the area: the Etruscans settled at Capena and Lucus Feroniae, transmitting viticultural techniques and grape varieties to the Romans.
• From 1548, the Statutes of Castelnuovo di Porto already regulated the cultivation of the vine and the production of wine, imposing penalties on transgressors.

• Straw-yellow color of varying intensity; delicately aromatic and refined aromatic profile, with a dry to lightly off-dry palate. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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-A0694