Nettuno

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone extends over approximately 3,500 hectares in the west-central part of Lazio, along the coast, encompassing the entire territory of the communes of Anzio and Nettuno.
• The soils date to the Quaternary and include clays of bathyal and circalittoral origin, sands and calcarenites of infralittoral origin, and sands of aeolian and fluvial origin belonging to the so-called Duna antica.
• The marine transitional and continental sedimentary deposits date to the Pliocene–Holocene, while the volcanic sequences date to the Middle–Upper Pleistocene.
• The vineyards are situated at elevations ranging from 0 to 85 metres above sea level, with a general west-facing aspect.
• The climate is Mediterranean in type, with a lower meso-Mediterranean thermotype and a lower sub-humid ombrotype, with mean annual rainfall between 842 and 996 mm and a dry period from May through August.

• Viticulture in the delimited area dates back to Roman times, as attested by the georgic writers who mention cultivation in the zone, and the tradition is further confirmed by agricultural contracts and medieval and Renaissance documents preserved in monastic archives.
• In the Topografia statistica dello stato pontificio of 1857, Adone Palmieri records of Nettuno that there are few olive groves but many vineyards, and of Anzio he describes an estate with a vineyard built in 1732 by Cardinal Albani.

• Nettuno rosso shows good structure and polymerised polyphenolic and tannic content, with an intense ruby-red colour, a characteristic and persistent nose with fruity and floral notes, and a dry, harmonious, full, and pleasing palate.
• Nettuno bianco Bellone or Cacchione is a fresh and well-balanced, structured wine, with a straw-yellow colour with yellowish highlights, a characteristic and delicate nose, and a dry, harmonious palate.

• The combination of soil characteristics and climatic factors leads, in the white wines, to the production of significant quantities of aromatic precursors that enhance the typical varietal character of the grape varieties.

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

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0758