Collina Torinese

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyards are planted at a minimum altitude of 180 metres above sea level within the hilly area east of Torino.
• The hill system originated from orogenic pressures coming from the south-east along the axis of the Po Plain.
• The reliefs appear as a series of more or less pronounced folds, a distinctive morphological feature of the landscape.
• The wine-growing zone unites 28 communes across the hillside strips east of Torino, with vineyards interspersed with villages and castles.

• Cari (Pelaverga): already cited in 1606 by G.B. Croce as «Cario», a delicate wine with reputed aphrodisiac properties; from the 1400s the wines of the area reached the court of the Savoia.
• Cari was traditionally vinified in small quantities by elderly growers for festive occasions, with a production zone restricted to a few communes around Chieri.

• Cari is described as a light wine, traditionally associated with festive occasions and produced in small quantities.
• Cari (Pelaverga) is cited as early as 1606 as a sweet and delicate wine, attributed with aphrodisiac properties. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The Cari (Pelaverga) variety yields a light, celebratory wine, traditionally cultivated in small plots by elderly growers on the hills around Torino.

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-A1098
• Official trade body site — Consorzio del Freisa di Chieri