Costa Viola

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory encompasses 4 communes on the Calabrian coast just outside the Strait of Messina, between Scilla and Palmi.
• The relief is characterized by abrupt elevations that rapidly bring the altitude above 500 m a.s.l.
• The landscape is marked by rocky cliffs plunging sheer to the sea and by terraces supported by dry-stone walls known as armacìe.

• The Costa Viola is home to vineyards on terraces called armacìe—dry-stone walls that carve out space from the sheer rocky cliffs.
• Calabrian viticulture predates 744 BC, when the Greeks named the region Enotria, from the root 'Oinos' (Wine).

• The red wines display well-balanced chemical and physical characteristics and prevailing aromas typical of their grape varieties.

• The terraced armacìe—dry-stone walls set into sheer rocky cliffs above the sea—are the physical link binding the extreme landscape of the Costa Viola to its wine.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Regional grape register (PDF) — calabria
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0640
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Terre di Reggio Calabria