Bolgheri

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Bolgheri area extends along the Tyrrhenian coast and is enclosed in an amphitheatre by a line of hills that protect against winter cold and, in summer, enhance the moderating influence of the sea.
• The soils of the zone display high variability, being classifiable into as many as 27 distinct pedological units.
• The distinctive orographic configuration of the Bolgheri territory, and the resulting agroclimatic characteristics, allow for consistently regular and complete ripening of the grapes.
• Latitudinal factors, which influence daily light cycles and solar radiation, combine with orographic factors of slope, aspect, and position to give rise to the topoclimate.
• The production of Bolgheri DOC falls entirely within the municipal territory of Castagneto Carducci, in the province of Livorno. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Viticulture has been practised in Bolgheri for millennia, but current practices consolidated from the 1980s onwards, drawing mainly on French varieties introduced in 1944 by Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta.
• The training system must not be sprawling, but rather a trellis system with spur-cordon or Guyot pruning, and the planting density must be sufficiently high to contain excessive yields.

• The appellation's regulations define a Superiore style, referring to more structured wines whose production requires mandatory periods of ageing and maturation in barrel and in bottle.
• For white and rosé vinification, practices are suited to producing wines described as fresh, savoury, and harmonious.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1348
• Official trade body site — Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia