Casavecchia di Pontelatone

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone is delimited by the massif of Monte Maggiore, rising 1,037 metres above sea level, and Monte Tifata, at 602 metres, separated by the course of the Volturno river.
• The agricultural soils of the communes of Pontelatone and Castel di Sasso fall into three main types: alluvial detrital soils, soils of pyroclastic origin, and sandy-clay soils.
• The alluvial soils bordering the Volturno river show an alternation of sands, silts, lenses of polygenetic gravels, and fine calcareous debris near the slopes, with overall low permeability.
• The pyroclastic soils contain, at depth, Trachyphonolitic Ignimbrite, consisting of a compact mass of pumice, scoria, and lapilli in a predominantly ashy matrix, with loose pyroclastic material at the surface.
• The mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and mean annual rainfall is 970 mm, with 76% of precipitation concentrated between October and March and November being the wettest month at 148.3 mm.

• According to local tradition, Scirocco Prisco, born in Pontelatone in 1875 and died in 1962, discovered towards the end of the nineteenth century the first Casavecchia vine near an ancient ruin and propagated it by layering throughout the neighbouring communes.
• The name is said to derive from the local dialect expression "l'uva e chella casa vecchia" ("the grape of that old house"), from which the place name Casavecchia is derived.

• The product specification establishes that the wines display well-balanced physico-chemical characteristics across all wine types, with predominant aromas typical of the mainly indigenous grape varieties.
• Casavecchia di Pontelatone DOC must undergo a minimum mandatory ageing period of two years, of which at least one year must be in wood. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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-A0241