Cinque Terre

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils cultivated with vines are of limited depth, with a coarse or coarse-loamy texture, rich in skeletal material and therefore highly permeable, mainly with an acidic to sub-acidic reaction.
• The lithological substrates of the Cinque Terre hillside terrain are mainly marine sediments of turbiditic type.
• The vineyards are situated at altitudes ranging from 0 to 600 metres above sea level, with a prevailing elevation of between 50 and 500 metres and slopes of between 35 and 50%.
• The prevailing aspect of the Cinque Terre vineyards is south-westerly, at a distance from the sea of between 0 and 2 km.
• The mean temperature of the area is approximately 15 °C, with mean annual rainfall of approximately 1,240 mm, a maximum in April (220 mm) and a minimum in July (24 mm).
• The vineyards are located in the communes of Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare, and in the areas of La Spezia known as Tramonti di Biassa and Tramonti di Campiglia, within the Parco nazionale delle Cinque Terre. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The first vines in Cinque Terre were planted by Greek seafarers, but it was not until the Middle Ages that the steeper slopes were cultivated with terraces supported by dry-stone walls. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the vineyard became the dominant crop in the Cinque Terre territory. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sottozone

• Cinque Terre Costa da Posa DOC (PDO)
• Cinque Terre Costa de Campu DOC (PDO)
• Cinque Terre Costa de Sera DOC (PDO)
• Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà DOC (PDO)

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0352
• Official trade body site — Vite in Riviera — Consorzio tutela DOP/IGP Levante ligure