Epomeo
Styles
Principal grape varieties
AglianicoAléaticoGrenache (Garnacha Tinta)Ancellotta N. (Ancellotta)Barbera N. (Barbera Nera)Cabernet-FrancCabernet-SauvignonCesanese ComuneCiliegiolo N. (Ciliegiolo)Greco Nero N. (Greco Nero)Lambrusco Marani N. (Lambrusco Marani)Malbec (Cot)Malvasía (Malvasia Dubrovacka)MerlotMontepulcianoSciascinoso N. (Sciascinoso)Piedirosso N. (Piedirosso)Pinot NoirPrimitivoSangioveseSyrahUva Di Troia N. (Uva Di Troia)CasavecchiaPallagrello NeroMostosa B. (Mostosa)BiancolellaPagadebiti (Bombino Bianco)Coda Di Volpe Bianca B. (Coda Di Volpe Bianca)Falanghina B. (Falanghina Flegrea)FianoForastera Blanca (Albillo Forastero)Greco (Greco Bianco Di Tufo)Malvasia Bianca (Malvasia Bianca Lunga)Malvasia Bianca Di Candia B. (Malvasia Bianca Di Candia)Montonico Bianco B. (Montonico Bianco)Muscat À Petits Grains BlancsPinot BlancPinot GrisRiesling Italico B. (Welschriesling)Riesling (Riesling Weiss)SauvignonSemillonSylvaner (Silvaner Gruen)Gewurztraminer (Gewuerztraminer)Ugni Blanc (Trebbiano Toscano)Grüner-Veltliner (Veltliner Gruen)Verdeca B. (Lagorthi)ChardonnayViognierManzoni Bianco B. (Manzoni Bianco)CatalanescaBronnerCabernet CortisPriorSolarisSouvignier GrisSoreliMerlot KanthusCabernet BlancSevar
Terroir
Natural factors
- Ischia is entirely volcanic in origin, formed over ~150,000 years of successive eruptions.
- Monte Epomeo (788 m), the island's core, is a sunken submarine volcano; its soils are characterised by green tufo.
- The vineyards rise on dry-stone terraces built with green tufo walls, from the coastline up to the steep mountain slopes.
- Prevailing winds: libeccio and ponente-libeccio and scirocco in winter; tramontana and grecale in summer and spring.
Human factors
- The Coppa di Nestore (725 BC), found at Lacco Ameno, is the earliest known Greek written record to mention local wine, attesting to the introduction of viticulture by Euboean settlers.
- From the 1500s, bulk white wine was exported by sea in 'carrati' casks carried aboard vinacciere (sailing vessels) as far as Dalmatia.
Terroir / wine link
- The green tufo volcanic soil of Monte Epomeo, unique in the Tyrrhenian Sea, is identified as the foundation of the conditions favourable to high-quality viticulture.
Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.
Sources
- Regional grape register (PDF) — campania
- eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0258