Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa

Italy · DOP · Emilia-Romagna

Styles

Natural factors

Hillside soils derived from pelitic and calcareous rocks, fine-textured, with complex mosaics arising from high lithological variability and badland (calanchi) erosion phenomena.
Above 600 m, arenaceous or pelitic substrates prevail, steep and heavily wooded, lying outside the winegrowing zone (vineyards are sited between 50 and 500 m a.s.l.).
Temperate subcontinental climate with a sub-littoral Apennine rainfall regime; mean annual precipitation of 769 mm over 80 rainy days, with peaks in autumn.
Mean Winkler Index of 1,938 degree-days across the entire zone; only the western strip along the Enza valley falls below 1,700 degree-days.

Human factors

Viticulture documented since Roman times; from the 9th–10th century onward, emphyteusis contracts and the biography of Matilde di Canossa attest to the cultivation of the vine. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
In 1874 the Società Enologica Scandianese was established by Royal Decree, bringing local wines to the universal expositions in Philadelphia and Paris.

Product characteristics

White frizzante/spumante wines: pale straw in colour, fresh and harmonious; more aromatic when made from aromatic varieties, and more sapid in spumante versions.
White, rosé, or red passito wines: fuller and more velvety, sometimes aromatic, yet always underpinned by good acidity.

Terroir / wine link

Breezy foothill conditions reduce fog and humidity stagnation, protecting sensitive varieties such as Spergola and Sauvignon from rot.

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