Collina Torinese

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyards are planted at altitudes no lower than 180 metres, with a planting density of at least 3,300 vines per hectare.
• The Turin hill system is formed by folds of varying intensity, generated by orogenic pressures originating from the south-east along the plane of the present-day Po Plain.
• Across the Turin hill ridges extends a wine-growing district encompassing 28 communes, with vineyard areas interspersed among villages, castles, and churches.
• The production zone for the Pelaverga or Cari wine type covers the entire territory of the communes of Baldissero Torinese, Montaldo Torinese, and Pavarolo, as well as parts of the communes of Andezeno, Arignano, Castiglione Torinese, Chieri, Marentino, and Pino Torinese. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Cari, a light wine traditionally reserved for festive occasions, was cultivated by the elderly in limited quantities for a particular style of production.
• Cari is mentioned for the first time in 1606 in the viticulture manual of Giovanni Battista Croce, who described it as a delicate, sweet, and pleasing wine, to which aphrodisiac properties were attributed. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• From as early as the 1400s, wine from these areas reached the court of the Savoy, while precise information on the production zone and grape varieties only becomes available from the 1600s.
• The distinctive characteristics of the soils and their aspect have allowed, since the eighteenth century, the cultivation of the vine for domestic use on the country estates of the local gentry on the hills around Turin and Chieri.

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