Eloro

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Predominantly brown calcareous soils, with occurrences of argillaceous regosols and red Mediterranean soils.
• Hot-arid Mediterranean climate: mean temperature 17.6 °C, among the highest in Sicilia, with peak maxima in July–August.
• Very low mean annual rainfall: 300–400 mm, with scarce summer precipitation and irrigation prohibited in the vineyard.
• Predominantly flat and gentle hill terrain, between 0 and 300 m a.s.l., in the extreme south-eastern tip of Sicilia.

• The denomination takes its name from a Greco-Corinthian city founded in the 7th century BC at the mouth of the river Tellaro; Pachino (1760) derives from the Greek «pachis» (abundant) + «oinos» (wine).

• Brown calcareous, argillaceous, and red Mediterranean soils in a hot-arid Mediterranean climate (mean 17.6 °C, 300–400 mm/year) shape the character of Eloro 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-A0778
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini Valdinoto (c/o Assovini Sicilia)