Nurra

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Northwest-to-south geological sequence: Paleozoic metamorphic massifs, followed by Mesozoic limestones and dolomites, and finally a reclaimed alluvial plain.
• Xeric soils: a spectrum from Entisols to Inceptisols through to more evolved, reddened Alfisols; in the plain toward Alghero, soils are deeper, clay-rich, and with variable carbonate content.
• Near-biseasonal Mediterranean climate: 500–800 mm of annual rainfall, 60–80 rainy days concentrated between December and February, with a pronounced summer water deficit and high temperatures.
• The northwestern plain was profoundly reshaped by early twentieth-century land reclamation; stone-clearing operations, sometimes of cyclopean scale, further altered the structure of the vineyard soils. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Mycenaean roots: remains of wine vessels from the Mycenaean world (Greece) datable to the fourteenth century BC attest to viticulture in the Nurra.
• Twentieth-century land reclamation reshaped the plain: a network of smallholdings laid out under agrarian reform, many planted to vine.

• The soils of the Alghero plain are deep and well-structured, with variable clay and carbonate content, good drainage, and high organic matter, in contrast to the thin, stony soils found on the upland reliefs.

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

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0791
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna