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Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone falls within the Vulsino volcanic district, where eruptions occurring in multiple phases created a large collapse basin through caldera subsidence, with activity beginning approximately 800,000 years ago.
• In the eastern and southern zones, greyish leucitic tuffs known as those of Montefiascone predominate, alternating with ash, volcanic sands, and lapilli, with lava inclusions of variable size.
• Soil permeability is consistently rather high, both through porosity in the tuffs, lapilli, and sands, and through fracturing in the lavas.
• The vineyards are situated between 220 and 665 metres above sea level, with variable slopes and a general aspect oriented toward the west, south-west, and south.
• The climate is a transitional temperate type with mean annual rainfall of between 810 and 1,214 mm and summer aridity, with summer precipitation of between 73 and 123 mm, more pronounced at lower elevations.
• Mean annual temperature ranges from 13.8 to 15.6 °C, with a prolonged cold period from November to April that is more intense at higher elevations, and a mean minimum temperature in the coldest month of between 1.9 and 4.0 °C.
• The production zone, located in the Alta Tuscia, encompasses the communes of Montefiascone, Bolsena, San Lorenzo Nuovo, Grotte di Castro, and Gradoli. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The municipal statutes of Montefiascone of 1471 and 1584 contain numerous chapters on the winemaking process, from vine cultivation through to the sale of the finished product.
• According to the legend of 1111, the servant Martino marked inns with good wine using the inscription Est, and at Montefiascone its threefold repetition gave the wine its name.

• The base style presents as a fresh and balanced wine, straw-yellow in colour of varying intensity, with a delicate and lightly aromatic nose, a dry, off-dry, or medium-sweet palate that is savoury and persistent with a slight bitter edge.
• The sparkling style has a pale straw-yellow colour with a fine and persistent perlage, a pleasant nose with characteristics of delicate fruitiness, and a dry, fruity, and lightly aromatic palate.

• The combination of soil characteristics and climatic factors drives the production of significant quantities of aromatic precursors that allow the organoleptic characteristics and typical aromatic notes of the various grape varieties to be expressed at their best.
• The climate, characterised by sparse summer rainfall and more pronounced aridity at lower elevations, together with a favourable mean temperature and a marked diurnal temperature range, allows the grapes to ripen slowly and fully, contributing to the organoleptic character of the wine.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0705