Colli Bolognesi

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Delimited zone between the Panaro river (west) and the Idice stream (east), crossed by the Reno and the Samoggia and Lavino torrents.
• "Contrafforti e Rupi" landscape: stratified Pliocene and epiligurian arenaria with subordinate marne and conglomerates, steeply sloping hillsides.
• "Colli con Frane e Calanchi" landscape (south-west): substrate of chaotic Argille Scagliose with calcareous, arenaceous, and marly inclusions; widespread landslide instability.
• Valley floors and alluvial fans: poorly developed soils from coarse materials; terraces with highly developed paleosoils along the Apennine margins.

• Soils on Pliocene and epiligurian arenaria on steeply sloping hillsides impart structure to the wines of the Contrafforti e Rupi.

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-A0289
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini Colli Bolognesi