Colline di Levanto

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Lithological substrates dominated by marine sediments (turbidites), with coarse-loamy to coarse texture and frequent skeletal content.
• Terraced vineyards on slopes of 35–50%, south-west-facing, between 0 and 600 m a.s.l., at a maximum of 4 km from the sea.
• Climate with a mean temperature of ~15°C and rainfall concentrated in November (~150 mm); July is the driest month (26 mm).
• Huglin Index ~2220°C (range 2060–2380): a warm-temperate viticultural climate favourable to ripening.
• Medieval vineyards on dry-stone wall terraces, a form of adaptation to the steep Ligurian terrain that still defines the landscape today.

• Viticulture documented from the 6th–5th century BC: the Greeks landed on the Riviera Ligure bringing wine first, then producing it locally.
• In the Middle Ages the vine was extended across terraced strips supported by dry-stone walls; maximum expansion occurred in the 19th century.

• Turbidite substrates (marine sediments) give the vineyards coarse-loamy, well-drained soils with frequent skeletal content.

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-A0354
• Official trade body site — Vite in Riviera — Consorzio tutela DOP/IGP Levante ligure