Friuli Aquileia

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Flat terrain overlooking the Laguna di Grado, extending northward to the fortress of Palmanova.
• Temperate climate (mean 13.7 °C) with mild winters owing to the moderating influence of the Adriatic Sea.
• The Bora (ENE wind) sweeps humid stagnation from the low plain, keeping the climate generally dry.
• Alluvial soils of great variability: clays, sands, gravels, and yellowish marls alternate even within the same parcel.
• Towards the Torre stream, gravelly, skeletal bands predominate; north of Cervignano through to Aquileia, medium-textured yellowish marls dominate.

• Aquileia was already a wine-trading hub in the Augustan era, conducting commerce in wine with Alpine and Danubian peoples, as cited by Strabo.
• In the third century AD, Herodian describes vines trained up fruit trees; wine was already being stored in wooden barrels.

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-A0950
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Friuli Aquileia