Gelderland

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• In the west, along the rivers Rhine and Waal, Holocene river clay and river sand deposits are found, sometimes interspersed with peat, in the area known as the Betuwe.
• In the east, mainly loamy fine sand, also called cover sand (dekzand), is found in the area known as the Achterhoek, and Montferland is a glacially pushed formation from the last ice age consisting largely of river sand and gravel.
• In the northwest, glacially pushed formations from the last ice age are found, consisting mainly of coarse and fine sands that are often gravel-rich, and locally also fine drift sand, in the area known as the Veluwe.
• On the border with Utrecht, in the Gelderse/Utrechtse Vallei, loamy fine sand classified as cover sand (dekzand) is also present.
• The climate has an average rainfall of 861 mm per year, 1,522 sunshine hours recorded at Deelen, an annual mean temperature of 9.8 °C and a summer mean of 17.0 °C, with a difference between day and night temperature.

• The climate makes it possible to achieve the stated yields and ripeness levels, expressed in fresh, fruity wines with reasonably green and tropical notes and black fruit in the red wines.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-NL-A0962
• Official trade body site — Vereniging Nederlandse Wijn Producenten (VNWP)