Ημαθία (Imathia)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The climate of the region is classified under the Köppen system as temperate Mediterranean, with total annual rainfall of 650 mm.
• The greater part of precipitation is concentrated in the autumn and winter months, while the growing degree days calculated above a base of 10 °C amount to 2,005 degree-days.
• During the summer months, theoretical evapotranspiration exceeds rainfall, resulting in insufficient natural water supply to plants.
• The soils of the region are mainly of medium to heavy texture with high water-holding capacity and a structure that allows satisfactory root development, belonging to the Alfisols, Entisols, and Inceptisols soil orders.
• The topography of the region is complex, and the main vineyard population is found at elevations above mean sea level ranging from 80 to 350 metres.
• The wide variety of combinations of aspect, orientation, and altitude gives rise to corresponding climatic differences among the individual geographical units within the delimited area.

• By a government decree signed in 1971, the appellation of origin Naoussa was granted to a dry red wine produced from Xinomavro grapes and aged in oak barrels for at least one year.
• Phylloxera and the two World Wars led to the destruction of the Naoussa vineyard, which was reconstituted only in the early 1970s thanks to the initiative of the Boutaris company.

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

All appellations in Greece

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-GR-A1524
• Official trade body site — Wines of Greece (EDOAO)