Ημαθία (Imathia)

Greece · IGP · Μακεδονία · 1 commune(s)

Styles

Natural factors

Temperate Mediterranean climate (Köppen), with 650 mm of rainfall concentrated mainly in autumn–winter and 2,000 sunshine hours per year.
Heat summation (base 10 °C) of 2,005 degree-days; summer drought with evapotranspiration exceeding precipitation.
Soils of medium to heavy texture with high water-holding capacity, belonging to the Alfisols, Entisols, and Inceptisols orders.
Vineyards at 80–350 m elevation, with marked variation in aspect and orientation that creates multiple terroir units.
Pronounced physiographic variability extends to the level of the individual vineyard, differentiating the intensity of organoleptic characters.

Human factors

The ΠΟΠ Νάουσα was established by royal decree in 1971 for a dry red wine from Ξινόμαυρο with mandatory ageing in oak barrels.
As early as the beginning of the 20th century, producers had established an authenticity seal label and a first classification of vineyards by qualitative potential.

Terroir / wine link

Variation in altitude, aspect, and orientation differentiates primarily the intensity of the organoleptic characters of the wines.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.