Κίσσαμος (Kissamos)

Greece · PGI · Κρήτη

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Natural factors

The PGI Kissamos lies in the north-western part of the Chania regional unit and is delimited by the boundaries of the former municipalities of Voukolies, Innochorio, Kissamos, Kolymvari, and Mythimni.
The vineyards of the area begin at 30 metres above sea level and are found mainly in semi-mountainous zones with slopes of predominantly northern aspect.
The climate of the area is the typical Mediterranean climate, with a mean annual temperature of 18.5 °C and mean annual rainfall of 570 mm.
The vineyard soils are of medium organic-matter content and moderately alkaline, with moderate calcium carbonate content, though areas with no calcium carbonate are also present.

Human factors

Approximately half a century before the birth of Christ, around 67 BC, viticulture and wine production developed rapidly in Crete, which had by then become part of the Roman Empire, and Cretan wine conquered Rome.
From the 1st to the 3rd century AD, during the golden age of the Cretan vineyard, Crete sent its wines to the Aegean, Egypt, mainland Greece, and across all of Europe, with Cretan amphorae having been found at Pompeii, Ostia, Lyon, and Switzerland.

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

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