Cellatica

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production area lies on the rocky, calcareous-clay hills immediately west of Brescia, partly overlapping with Franciacorta.
• The soils derive from geological formations known as medolo, silicifero, maiolica and creta, offshoots of the mountains running from Brescia and Collebeato toward Franciacorta.
• In the commune of Cellatica the creta soils extend between Campiani, Madonna della Stella and the tip of the ridge overlooking the hamlet of Croce di Gussago, with marly clays mixed with scaglia rossa.
• The hilly terrain shows slopes that are sometimes steep, making viticulture difficult but crucial for safeguarding the land in the communes of Cellatica, Collebeato, Gussago and Rodengo Saiano.
• During the growing season from April to September, the sum of heat units is considered sufficient to achieve good ripening of the grapes, with no extreme climatic constraints inhibiting vine cultivation.

• Andrea Bacci, at the end of the sixteenth century, described the vernaccie of Cellatica as rivals of the Greek wines, exported at great profit to Milan, Germany and sometimes Rome.
• In 1934 the Consorzio Produttori Vino di Cellatica was founded, followed in 1952 by the Cooperativa Viti Vinicola Cellatica-Gussago, after about thirty years of attempts at cooperation among producers.

• The wine shows a bright ruby red colour, with a vinous and typical aroma, and a savoury, dry palate with a slightly bitterish aftertaste. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Cellatica is described as a pleasant, food-friendly red wine, rich and well structured but not heavy, indeed elegant and balanced.
• The most important selections, more complex and structured, are aged for at least one year and destined for the Superiore style, suited to medium-term ageing.

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-A1108
• Official trade body site — Ente Vini Bresciani