Lizzano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Mediterranean climate with mild winters (min. 6–7 °C) and warm summers (max. 25–26 °C), annual rainfall ~650 mm concentrated in winter.
• Near-coastal zone of the Ionian Arc: deep clay-loam soils to the west, sandy and shallow toward the coast with limited root penetration.
• Essentially flat, climatically homogeneous territory; no specific requirements imposed on the aspect or slope of vineyard sites.
• Growers have broken through the surface rock crust to reach the fertile, cool subsoil beneath, rich in skeletal material.
• The stones extracted in the process gave rise to the characteristic dry-stone walls found in certain sub-zones of the production area.

• Clay-loam soils in the western zone, sandy and shallow toward the coast: limited root penetration that shapes the overall quality of production.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0551