Μέτσοβο (Metsovo)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Mountain zone at 500–1,000 m elevation, with vineyards on hillside slopes within the boundaries of Metsovo and Eastern Zagori.
• Soils of medium mechanical composition (sandy loam and sandy clay loam), neutral pH, and low calcium carbonate content.
• Mediterranean climate with marked continental tendencies: mean summer temperature 22.6 °C, 42 frost days, and 44 days of snowfall.
• Mean annual rainfall approximately 1,400 mm, with higher precipitation from October through April and a water deficit during the growing season.

• A 1732 document records vineyards belonging to residents of Metsovo, with estimated production exceeding 300,000 okes of wine.
• In the late 1950s, Averoff planted the first Cabernet Sauvignon vines in Greece on the Giniets hill.

• The white wines of Metsovo are characterised as intensely aromatic, a quality attributed to the microclimate of the mountain zone.
• The PGI Metsovo bears a reputation as a wine of considerable ageing potential, produced from the highest-altitude vineyard in Greece.

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

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-GR-A0942
• Official trade body site — Wines of Greece (EDOAO)