Costa d'Amalfi

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Calcareous backbone of the peninsula with more erodible argille slopes, interspersed with deep torrential gorges.
• Morphology shaped at the end of the Pliocene (~1.5 million years ago): an elongated W–NW structure separates the alluvial plains of Sarno and the Sele.
• The Monti Lattari form the spine of the peninsula; the vineyards descend from their slopes toward the sea.
• Three distinct sub-zones (Ravello, Tramonti, Furore) articulate the DOC along the entire Amalfi Coast. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Calcareous framework of the Monti Lattari with argille slopes: the mixed calcare–argilla soil is the direct geological substrate of the coastal vineyards.

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-A0278
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Vita Salernum Vites