Νεμέα (Nemea)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The wine-growing zone of Nemea extends from 200 to 850 metres in altitude, with most of the region's vineyards situated on slopes.
• The climate of the region is the typical Mediterranean climate, with a mean annual temperature of 17°C and mean annual rainfall of 750 mm.
• The vineyard soils have a medium organic-matter content, moderately alkaline pH, and relatively high calcium carbonate content.
• The wine-growing zone is divided into three sub-zones with small but critically significant microclimatic differences that influence harvest timing, colour intensity, and grape acidity.
• In the mountain sub-zone, at 550–850 metres altitude, production is late-ripening, with grape maturation delayed relative to the other two sub-zones, while the semi-mountainous sub-zone extends across slopes at 320–550 metres altitude and the lowland sub-zone lies at 200–320 metres altitude.

• During the years of Ottoman rule, the name of the Phliasian wine was changed to Agiorgitiko wine, while the Phliasian vine was renamed the Agiorgitiko grape.
• The quality reputation of the wines of Nemea is rooted in the philosophy of Law 5506/1932 and the first Ministerial Decision No. 110822/16.09.32, which recognised and protected the first Greek wines of appellation of origin.

• The Agiorgitiko variety is capable of producing wines across a wide range of styles: red wines both young and aged, dry, off-dry, and sweet, as well as rosé and even white wines vinified from red grapes.
• Nemea PDO is a wine that gains in quality with every passing year and is capable of long ageing, a quality rare among Greek wines.

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

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Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-GR-A1573
• Official trade body site — Σύνδεσμος Οινοποιών ΠΟΠ Νεμέας — Nemea PDO Winemakers