Lessini Durello

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The appellation area extends over 30,000 hectares across the hilly portion of the eastern Lessini, between the provinces of Verona and Vicenza, with an internal altitudinal range of approximately 800 metres.
• The physiographic structure is characterised by extensive and at times narrow valley incisions arranged in a fan pattern with a NNW–SSE orientation, separated by ridges with the same alignment.
• The hydrographic network of the area is particularly well developed and consists mainly of the Lessini rivers, which generally follow a north–south course.
• The climate of the area is characterised by annual rainfall of approximately 1,063 mm and mean annual temperatures of around 13.7 °C.
• On the hillside slopes of the Val d'Alpone and the Val di Chiampo, as far as the Agno valley, basic volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks predominate, giving rise to moderately deep soils with a basaltic skeleton that is sparse near the surface but more abundant at depth.

• The Durella grape variety descends from the Durasena, cited in the Statuti di Costozza of 1290.
• Today the most widely used training systems for Durella are the single or double pergola and the Guyot, with the recently growing adoption of the double Veronese pergola, open at the centre and carrying a low bud load.

• The wine shows a fine and persistent mousse, a pale straw-yellow colour of varying intensity with greenish highlights, and aromas of chalky, iodine-tinged marine notes with floral hints of elderflower and hawthorn.
• On the palate it is characterised by a vibrant acidity, marine notes, a body that is never excessive, and a sensation of salinity with a mineral and slightly bitter finish.

• The link between volcanic soils and mineral aromas of flint is described as a near-defining marker of Durello, connecting the basaltic pedological component to the wine's aromatic profile.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0447
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vino Lessini Durello