Capalbio

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Hilly terrain on calcareous, anhydritic, and gypsiferous formations, with a mean elevation of 128 m a.s.l. and an average slope of 11%.
• South of Capalbio: low-lying terraces (97 m a.s.l., 2% slope) on mixed-granulometry alluvial deposits and sandy marine sediments.
• Mediterranean climate: mean temperature 15.2 °C, rainfall ~690 mm/year, Huglin index between 2,300 and 2,500 units.
• Rainfall concentrated in autumn and winter, peaking in November; absolute minimum between the first and third decades of July.

• Near Marsiliana (Albegna river), Etruscan pithoi were discovered: a wine-collection hub drawing from the hills of Manciano, Capalbio, Magliano, and Scansano.

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-A1379
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini Maremma Toscana