The soils of the production area are medium-textured, calcareous-clayey, and are found exclusively on hillside sites, at an altitude of no less than 180 metres above sea level.
The exposure of the vineyards must be suited to ensuring adequate ripening of the grapes on the vine.
The zone historically suited to the cultivation of the Freisa variety is the Collina Torinese, a range of hills south of the Po extending from Moncalieri to Verrua Savoia, with altitudes ranging from 300 to over 550 metres above sea level.
Human factors
Count Nuvolone, in his ampelographic study, described the wine obtained from the Freisa variety as tart, dry, and robust, already distinguishing two sub-varieties at that time, a larger and a smaller one.
Only after 1973, the year in which the Freisa di Chieri DOC was established, was there a substantial return to the cultivation of the variety and a transition from small estates producing for personal consumption to commercial wine estates.
Product characteristics
According to historical sources, the wine was suited both to ageing and to blending with lighter wines, and was also described as rich in tartrates.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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Area: the official production zone published by the regional geoportal (Piemonte).
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