Lago di Corbara

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory of the Lago di Corbara DOC belongs to the geological context of the Central Apennines, with lithoid formations deposited from the Triassic to the Holocene across various paleogeographic domains.
• The soils comprise substantial depths of Plio-Pleistocene and Holocene clastic deposits of marine and continental origin, consisting of sandy marls, limestones, and sandstones with sandy fractions, with silty-clay textures and loose soils containing calcareous detritus.
• The vineyards are situated at altitudes ranging from 190 to 550 metres above sea level, with variable gradients, a low-to-medium-gradient hilly morphology, and varied aspect.
• The climate is of sub-Mediterranean hill type, with 2–3 months of summer aridity and mean winter temperatures close to or slightly above 2 °C.
• The mean annual rainfall recorded at the Corbara and Prodo stations is 763.21 mm, with peaks in autumn (270.36 mm) and spring (204.13 mm) and a minimum in summer (121.05 mm).

• The DOC appellation Lago di Corbara was established in 1998 in recognition of the quality of the red wines produced by growers in the area surrounding the lake. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• During the Middle Ages the wines of the area became the popes' wine, and contracts for the Cathedral of Orvieto as well as commissions for works of art and frescoes were partly settled in wine — to the extent that Luca Signorelli requested, in exchange for his work, a lifetime annuity of 1,000 litres of Orvieto wine per year.

• The red wine displays a ruby-red appearance tending toward garnet with age, a vinous and pleasant nose, and a savory, harmonious, sometimes austere palate. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The ruby-red wine obtained from Sangiovese is fruity, soft, and seductive, with aromas of cherry, raspberry, and redcurrant, and soft, velvety, elegant tannins.

• The hilly topography, which creates an airy, well-drained environment, and the presence of the Lago di Corbara, which raises atmospheric humidity and generates a daily alternation of mists and warm and cool air currents, combined with the pedological characteristics of soils with a significant calcareous contribution, give rise to a pronounced mineral character detectable on organoleptic analysis.

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

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0844