Nasco di Cagliari

Italy · DOP · Sardegna · -1 commune(s)

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Natural factors

Geologically complex zone: a Paleozoic granitic-metamorphic core, overlain by Mesozoic carbonate-dolomitic strata, Tertiary volcanics, and Quaternary sediments.
The most recent basaltic lava flows were emplaced during the Plio-Pleistocene; they contribute to the formation of the volcano-sedimentary complexes of Arburese, Marmilla, Trexenta, Parteolla, and Sulcis.
On the Oligo-Miocene marly-arenaceous hills, 'catenary' toposequences develop: Entisols → Inceptisols → Vertisols.
In Quaternary detrital formations (alluvial deposits, glacis, colluvium), evolved Alfisols appear with accumulations of clays, iron, oxides, carbonates, and petrocalcic horizons, grading through to Ultisols.
The soil moisture regime is almost always xeric, with halomorphic soils (Salorthids) and Psamments in coastal and hydromorphic lowland areas.

Human factors

Nasco has been cultivated in Sardegna since ancient times, on substrates ranging from the Paleozoic granitic core to the Plio-Pleistocene basaltic lava flows.
On the Oligo-Miocene marly-arenaceous hills, catenary toposequences develop: Entisols–Inceptisols–Vertisols.

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