Daunia

Italy · IGP · Puglia · 3 commune(s)

Styles

Natural factors

Dominant soils are clayey or clay-loam, grey or dark grey, deep ≥1 m, overlying beds of marly or blue clay.
Most widespread pedological type: soils derived from compact Mesozoic limestones, dominant on the Gargano and in the BAT province.
Hot, dry Mediterranean climate: mild winters, long warm summers, August the hottest month, January the coldest.
Morphology: Apennine Daunian mountain rim to the NW, the broad flat Tavoliere plain, the Murge plateau, and the slopes of the Gargano.
The 'Puglia Piana' (Tavoliere–Barletta–Trinitapoli) records strong diurnal temperature ranges due to the interplay of climatic and orographic factors.

Human factors

In 1850 the Pavoncelli and La Rochefocauld families planted approximately 60 ha of Nero di Troia trained as low alberello; within a few years the area under vine reached 2,500 ha.
The IGT Daunia zone coincides with the territory of the ancient Dauni, peoples of Illyrian origin who settled in northern Puglia in the 8th century BC.

Terroir / wine link

Grey or dark grey clay-loam soils (≥1 m deep) overlying beds of marly or blue clay confer high water-holding capacity to the vineyard.

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