Frusinate

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory is characterised by the two orthogonal valley systems of the Sacco and Liri rivers, collectively known as the Valle Latina, lying between the slopes of the Simbruini-Ernici and the Lepini-Ausoni-Aurunci ranges.
• The soils derive from the carbonate platform lithology of Lazio and Abruzzo, featuring highly permeable limestones fractured by faulting and karstification, dolomitic limestones, travertines, and marly limestones.
• The flat areas are of alluvial origin with red soils (terre rosse), surrounded by Quaternary alluvial terraces formed by deposits of clays and gravels, with outcrops of loose colluvial clayey soils.
• In the southern part, the alluvial terraces give way to low hill formations of ancient Miocene origin, composed of argillaceous-marly-arenaceous flysch.
• The vineyards are situated at altitudes ranging from 12 to 980 metres above sea level, with variable slopes and a general aspect oriented toward the west and south-west.
• The area's transitional temperate climate is divided into four phytoclimatic zones, ranging from the upper-hill thermotype of the higher elevations to the lower meso-Mediterranean thermotype of the flat zone.

• The network of Benedictine monasteries, comprising abbeys and small monasteries scattered across the territory, made a considerable contribution to the development of agriculture in general and viticulture in particular.
• In 1595, Bacci, in his work De naturali vinorum historia, cited the wines of Anagni, describing them as wines that kept well for four years.

• The predominantly hilly relief, the general west-south-west aspect of the vineyards, and their location in particularly well-suited sites together create an adequately ventilated and well-lit environment, favourable to the optimal development of the vine's vegetative and productive functions.

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 PGI-IT-A0770