Colli Pesaresi

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The hilly area of Montefeltro sits at an altitude of between 300 and 600 metres above sea level, with an average slope gradient of 19%.
• The valleys of the Foglia and the Metauro lie at elevations of between 50 and 100 metres above sea level, with gradients of around 2% that increase toward the valley margins.
• The hillside soils have weakly differentiated and shallow profiles over hard or arenaceous rock, with the more developed soils being calcareous and sometimes also clayey.
• In the valley floor the soils are weakly developed, stony, and calcareous, while on the terraces the soils are differentiated and deep, calcium-saturated but not calcareous.
• The hill climate has mean temperatures of around 14°C and annual rainfall of approximately 800 mm, while the valley climate, influenced by the sea, records around 780 mm annually and a marked diurnal temperature range.

• The Romanisation of the area dates to 295 BC, with the victory over the Gauls and the lex Flaminia, which allocated the lands in question to army veterans.
• Pliny described these lands as fertile and planted with vines, listing approximately one hundred varieties cultivated and wines produced in the zone.
• In 1595 the physician and oenologist Andrea Bacci, in his treatise De naturali vinorum historia, attested that the wines of the Pesaro area met with full approval in the Venetian wine shops for their clean character and fine craftsmanship.
• The sharecropping contract (mezzadria), widespread throughout the territory, encouraged the settlement of the tenant farmer on the holding and mixed cultivation, with wheat and vine as the first crops established by the mezzadro.

• Colli Pesaresi white has a straw-yellow colour with a delicate and pleasant nose; it is dry, fresh, and low in warmth, with aromas of broom and white flowers predominating.
• The Colli Pesaresi red shows a violet-tinged intensity that tends toward garnet with aging; it is dry and austere, with suggestions of wild berries and violet on the nose.

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-A0458
• Official trade body site — Istituto Marchigiano di Tutela Vini (IMT)