Colli di Conegliano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The appellation area consists of gently rolling hills, with the Alpine and pre-Alpine chains acting as a natural barrier against cold air currents, while proximity to the sea moderates the climate, making it temperate.
• The hillside orientation offers vineyards an ideal aspect for maximum solar radiation and significant diurnal temperature variation.
• The soils derive from the uplift of a Cretaceous marine platform during the Alpine orogeny, subsequently eroded and shaped by successive glaciations that stratified the hillside terrain.
• The soils consist largely of alluvial deposits of fluvial or lacustrine origin, with good skeletal content owing mainly to the presence of a glacial moraine profile.

• The varieties cultivated in the area, including Marzemini, are mentioned for the first time by Giacomo Agostinetti in his 1679 treatise on good estate management.
• In the post-war period, Professor Luigi Manzoni developed the white-berried cross 6.0.13 and the red-berried cross 2.15, today distinctive varieties of the appellation.
• The grapes, harvested by hand, are left to dry naturally on racks until Easter, after which the berries are detached by hand and pressed.

• The Colli di Conegliano rosso has excellent structure, becoming sumptuous and austere with age, with aging in casks of at least 6 months and up to 12 months for the Riserva.
• The Colli di Conegliano Refrontolo rosso shows vinous notes and a warm, full-bodied, dry palate, while the passito version is sweet, semi-sweet, and velvety in body, with intense aromas of woodland fruits.
• The Torchiato di Fregona has a deep golden-yellow colour, an intense nose, and a sweet palate of honey and dried fruit.

• The winds, particularly in the northernmost part of the Colli di Conegliano, promote thermal inversion, which is beneficial for grape quality and for drying the vines, thus providing natural protection against fungal diseases.

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

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0453
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini Colli di Conegliano DOCG