Marmilla

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory was formed from the Oligocene–Miocene onward in a basin of detrital sediments, fossiliferous marine deposits (marls, limestones, and sandstones), and volcanic rocks ranging from tuffs to basalts.
• The hilly landscape includes characteristic features such as the Giara di Gesturi, the Giara di Siddi, the Giara di Serri, the Genoni plateau, and the Rio Mannu d'Isili basin.
• Near Sardara, outcrops of the Sardinian metamorphic granite basement emerge, while toward the Campidano the landscape extends into successive levels of both ancient and recent alluvial terraces.
• The vineyards are planted on entisols, inceptisols, and alfisols that are generally deep, sometimes with high carbonate content and occasionally with drainage problems at depth.
• The characteristic vertisols of the Marmilla, developed in morphological depressions, are used mainly for the cultivation of cereals and fodder crops due to their limited suitability for tree crops.
• The hilly terrain reaches 400–500 metres above sea level, with slope gradient and steepness increasing from south to north.

• Vernaccia derives from the Latin term 'vite vernacula', meaning native to the place, and references to it are already found in the Punic-Roman city of Tharros in the Sinis peninsula.
• Over the centuries, Cannonau was also imported, and it appears to be one of the oldest wines of the Mediterranean.
• The production practices are those traditionally established in the area for the red-wine vinification of still yet structured wines.

• The red wines show well-balanced chemical and physical characteristics across all wine types, with predominant varietal aromas perceptible on both the nose and the palate.

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 PGI-IT-A0789
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna