Circeo

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Quaternary soils of fluvio-lacustrine, aeolian, and pyroclastic origin, derived from the Lepino-Ausoni mountains
• The 'Duna Antica': a sandy complex ranging from a few tens to approximately 100 m in thickness, overlying organogenic calcareous coastal-brackish sands
• Towards the interior: fluvio-palustrine deposits with sandy, sandy-clay, travertine, and numerous peat layers
• Vineyards between 0 and 541 m a.s.l., with a general westward exposure
• Mediterranean climate (lower meso-Mediterranean, sub-humid): 842–996 mm/year, aridity from May to August, mean temperature 14.5–16.1 °C

• Wine cited by Horace, Vitruvius, Pliny, and Columella: Cecubo was produced between Amyclae, Terracina, and Fondi, and was also cultivated trained to poplar trees

• Predominantly sandy soils (aeolian dunes over organogenic calcareous sands) and fluvio-palustrine deposits with peat and travertine layers
• Meso-Mediterranean climate with summer aridity (May–August) and mean temperatures between 14.5 and 16.1 °C

• Soils of aeolian and pyroclastic origin ('Duna Antica') overlying Pleistocene organogenic calcareous sands, a legacy of the Lazio volcanic complex

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-A0700