Casavecchia di Pontelatone

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Scirocco Prisco (1875–1962) discovered around 1900 the first Casavecchia vine near a ruin in Pontelatone; the place name derives from the dialect expression «l'uva e chella casa vecchia» ('the grape and that old house').
• The vine's origins predate 1851: the powdery mildew epidemic of that year also affected the Casavecchia growing area, confirming an already well-established presence.

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-A0241