Lambrusco Mantovano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The Oltre Po Mantovano sub-zone is a low-lying plain at elevations between 7 and 20 metres above sea level, with alluvial soils of the recent Quaternary (Holocene).
• The Viadanese-Sabbionetano sub-zone is a mid-plain area between the Po and the Oglio rivers, at elevations between 13 and 36 metres, with continental soils of the Upper Pleistocene–Holocene and a terraced fluvioglacial plain.
• In the Oltre Po Mantovano sub-zone, on soils along the levees of ancient river courses, the texture is loam or sandy loam, with moderate calcareous content at the surface and high calcareous content at depth.
• In the valley-floor areas of the Oltre Po Mantovano sub-zone, soil texture is clayey, the soils being deep and weakly developed.
• The climate of both sub-zones is characterised by mean summer temperatures above 22 °C with sultriness due to high humidity, autumn–winter fogs, and mean annual rainfall of approximately 630 mm concentrated in autumn and spring.
• In the Oltre Po Mantovano sub-zone, the first water table lies 3–4 metres below ground level on the left bank of the Secchia, while on the right bank of the Secchia it lies between 5 and 20 metres in depth.

• Vine cultivation in the Mantua area is documented by Virgil and received fresh impetus from the Benedictine monks of the abbey of Polirone at San Benedetto Po, who required their tenant farmers to meet a set wine-production levy.
• A viticultural conference held at San Benedetto Po on 16 January 1949 describes the vine trained in marriage with the elm tree in the traditional Mantuan style (piantate mantovane).

• The colour of the wine ranges from rosé to ruby or garnet red of varying intensity, while the palate is savoury, fresh, harmonious, dry or off-dry, and lightly sparkling. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The calcareous alluvial soils of variable texture, combined with high summer temperatures and pronounced humidity, create a pedoclimatic environment favourable to the cultivation of Lambrusco.

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

Sottozone

• Lambrusco Mantovano Oltre Po Mantovano DOC (PDO)
• Lambrusco Mantovano Viadanese - Sabbionetano DOC (PDO)

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1073
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini Mantovani