Civitella d'Agliano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Soils of volcanic origin with basal leucitic tuffs and leucitic-tephrite tuffs, pyroxene phenocrysts, and pumice.
• Tuffaceous cliff and plateau in the Valle del Tevere, hilly territory featuring argillaceous calanchi with a characteristic lunar appearance.
• Vineyards between 72 and 365 m a.s.l., with predominantly east and south-east-facing exposures.
• Temperate hill climate with annual rainfall between 775 and 1,214 mm and mild summer aridity in July and August.
• Mean temperatures between 12.4 and 13.8 °C; prolonged cold from October to May, with the coldest month's minimum between 1.9 and 2.9 °C.

• Traditional varieties already documented in 1883: Verdello, Procanico, and Grechetto (white) and Aleatico (red), still part of the IGT ampelographic base.
• Etruscan roots of local viticulture: as early as 540–530 BC, vineyards in the area were supplying a significant external trade.

• Leucitic tuffs of volcanic origin (Pliocene) shape wines from porous soils rich in minerals such as leucite and pyroxenes.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0766