Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone is formed by hills reaching altitudes exceeding 400 metres above the surrounding northern Asti area.
• The soils rest on Miocene marls of Langhian–Burdigalian age and display a pale colour with a medium-textured composition.
• The north-western area of Monferrato borders the Turin hills, which are of an entirely different geological origin, being of morainic type.
• The grape production zone encompasses the planted vineyard areas within the communes of Albugnano, Castelnuovo don Bosco, Passerano Marmorito, Pino d'Asti, Berzano San Pietro, and Moncucco Torinese. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• San Giovanni Bosco, the son of winegrowers, contributed to the protection, improvement, and renown of viticulture in the Castelnuovo area and would also appear to have written a popular-science text, subsequently lost, entitled 'L'enologo italiano'.
• The traditional training systems prescribed are the counter-trellis with upward-growing vegetation, pruned mainly to Guyot, to arched cane, or to low spur-trained cordon. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Poorly exposed or excessively steep slopes are left under woodland, which helps to moderate summer heat within the production zone.

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-A1201
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato