Montecarlo

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Low hill terrain: approximately 70% of the surface area lies between 25 and 75 m above sea level, with a maximum elevation of ~190 m near Monte Chiari.
• Flat zones to the South formed by Holocene alluvial deposits from the Tazzera, San Gallo, and Tassinara streams; to the North-East, deposits from the Fiume Pescia di Collodi.
• Soils of high genetic variability; dark surface horizons enriched in organic matter, indicating good agronomic fertility.
• Temperate Mediterranean climate: hot summers, moderately cold winters, rainfall concentrated (~60%) in autumn and winter.

• Viticultural attestation dated 846 AD for S. Piero in Campo: a lease payment in «pure wine, from grapes pressed three times according to custom».
• The ancient toponym «Vivinaia» — meaning «passage of the Via del Vino» — attests to the hill's viticultural vocation predating the founding of Montecarlo.

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-A1421
• Official trade body site — Via Vinaria Montecarlo — Consorzio Vini DOC Montecarlo