Gioia del Colle

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Soils of 'red earths' derived from the dissolution of calcareous rocks, rich in potassium, with skeleton content up to 60% of total constituents.
• Clay or clay-silt texture with a high proportion of skeleton (~60%), a favored substrate for grapes destined for both red and white wines.
• Multi-year average temperatures rarely exceeding 30 °C or falling below 0 °C; summer minima seldom dropping below 18 °C.

• The vine was already cultivated in the area between the 8th and 3rd centuries BC (Peucezia): wine vessels have been unearthed at Monte Sannace, the largest known Peucetian settlement.

• Ruby-garnet in color, dry and appropriately tannic with a characteristic vinous bouquet. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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-A0549
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Vini DOC Gioia del Colle