Cilento

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Poor soils with a clayey base and marly-schistose skeleton, devoid of organic matter.
• The argillaceous-calcareous nature of the soil is a determining factor in the expression of the local grape varieties.
• Tectonic structure formed by south-Apennine thrust sheets emplaced during the Miocene, with a total thickness of approximately 15,000 m.
• Rugged relief featuring mountain ridges, steep slopes, and rounded hills incised by a dense hydrographic network.
• Principal river basins: Alento, Lambro e Mingardo, Solofrone, Testene, and Bussento (Tyrrhenian side); Calore, Sammaro, and Tanagro (Sele basin).

• Grape varieties of Greek origin, introduced by Peloponnesian colonisers at Elea and Paestum; argillaceous-calcareous soils.
• Traditional training as alberello and canocchia, today replaced by Guyot and cordone speronato.

• Poor soils with a clayey matrix and marly-schistose skeleton: a pedological foundation that shapes the profile of the wines.
• Greek-origin grape varieties expressed on argillaceous-calcareous soils: a dual imprint on the sensory character of the appellation.

• Clay-limestone soils with a marly and schistose skeleton favour the varietal expression of the local grape varieties of Greek origin.

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-A0243
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Vita Salernum Vites