Cori

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Monti Lepini: a sub-Apennine range with a carbonatic substrate (limestones and dolomites) of marine sedimentary origin.
• Soils on the slopes: stratified limestone layers; in the small valleys, clay-silty red soils, pyroclastic deposits, and cinerites from Alban volcanism.
• In the lower zones, soils rich in volcanic tufo (of Alban origin); at higher elevations, limestone-based soils.
• Vineyards between 40 and 463 m a.s.l., with predominantly west and south-west exposure.
• Transitional Mediterranean climate: rainfall 822–1,110 mm/year, summer aridity (84–127 mm), mean temperatures 14.5–15.2°C.

• Viticulture has been present in the area since pre-Roman times: Cori (known as Cora to the Romans), a Volscian city founded around 1400 BC.
• The statutes of Cori (1327, revised 1547 and 1732) already included chapters dedicated to viticulture and the wine trade.

• The white wine derives from limestones and karstic red soils, the red from soils containing tufo and Alban volcanic cinerites: distinct substrates for each wine type.
• A transitional Mediterranean climate with summer aridity and mean temperatures between 14.5 and 15.2°C shapes the structure and freshness of the wines.

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-A0706
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Volontario per la Tutela e la Valorizzazione dei Vini DOC Cori