Campidano di Terralba

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• In the production zone, the sea repeatedly flooded inland depressions, including the tectonic graben of the Campidano, depositing marine sediments interbedded with magmatic material and detritus derived from the erosion of pre-existing relief.
• On the Oligocene–Miocene marly-arenaceous hills of the Marmilla, catenary toposequences of soils occur, with a succession of Entisols, Inceptisols, and Vertisols.
• In the flat to gently undulating Quaternary detrital formations, Inceptisols, Vertisols, and Alfisols with an A–Bt–C profile occur, showing accumulations of clay, iron, oxides, and carbonates, grading to Ultisols on the older deposits.
• The soil moisture regime is almost always xeric, while along the coasts and in low-lying, hydromorphic areas, salorthids, psamments, and aquic Entisols are found.
• The Mediterranean climate of the territory has mean temperatures between 15 and 17 °C, with maxima above 35 °C in July and August and minima of 3–4 °C in January and February, and mean annual rainfall of approximately 650 mm.
• The prevailing winds blow from the north-west and west, while during the summer months warm winds from the south-east are occasionally recorded on a limited number of days.

• Bovale sardo has been cultivated in this territory since antiquity and is known by numerous synonyms, including Muristellu, Muristella, Bovaleddu, and Bovali pitticcu.
• Cettolini, in the 1897 yearbook of the Royal School of Viticulture and Oenology of Cagliari, refers to Bovale grosso and Bovale piccolo, describing them as two varieties of great importance.

• The wine displays a ruby-red colour, with an intense, vinous nose and a dry, sapid palate, characteristics common to all the wine types defined by the production rules.

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-A1167
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna