Montescudaio

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Elevation of the hillside vineyards averages between 200 and 400 m above sea level.
• Mean annual rainfall between 750 and 850 mm, concentrated in autumn and winter: a typically Mediterranean precipitation regime.
• The climate falls within the broader zone of the «collina interna della Toscana»; the local microclimate contributes to the typological diversity of the wines.
• The soils may display an abundant coarse skeleton across all the pedological types described.

• Viticulture in the area is documented from the Etruscan era: the "cinerario di Montescudaio" (7th century BC) depicts a banquet scene with a krater used for mixing wine and water.
• In 1092 Gherardo della Gherardesca donated to the monastery he had founded a church together with its vineyards, attesting to the central role of viticulture in the medieval life of the area.

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-A1437
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vino Montescudaio DOC