Μέτσοβο (Metsovo)

Greece · PGI · Ήπειρος

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Natural factors

The viticultural zone lies within the administrative boundaries of the former municipalities of Metsovo and Anatoliko Zagori, at elevations above 500 metres, with vineyards reaching up to 1,000 metres.
Most of the area's vineyards extend across hillside slopes, with soils of medium mechanical composition, classified as sandy loam (SL) and sandy clay loam (SCL), with neutral pH and low calcium carbonate content.
The climate of the area is characterised as Mediterranean with strong continental tendencies, featuring particularly cold winters, according to meteorological data from the Metsovo Forestry Service.
Mean temperature during the summer months is 22.6 °C, while during the winter months it frequently drops below 0 °C, with an average of 42 frost days and 44 snow days per year.

Human factors

Evangelos Averoff Tositsa planted the first climats of Cabernet Sauvignon in Greece in the late 1950s, while the Debina and Vlahiko varieties had already been present and cultivated by local growers.
Since all winemaking operations were carried out in the basement of Averoff's house, the winery was named Katogi, and its first bottles, from the 1968 vintage, were sent to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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

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