Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The climate of the production zone is temperate sub-continental, with a mean annual temperature ranging from 10 to 14.5°C and one to three summer months with an average above 20°C.
• Annual rainfall ranges from a minimum of 700–800 mm in the foothill belt to approximately 1,000–1,100 mm at the upper limit of 500–600 m of altitude, in accordance with the sub-littoral Apennine rainfall regime.
• In the Val Tidone, soils display a high clay content with fine texture and a greater richness of potassium compared with the soils of the Val d'Arda and the other central valleys of the province.
• In the Val Nure and Val Trebbia, the majority of soils have a particle-size distribution dominated by silt-sized particles and a silt-loam texture, with 45% of soils slightly acidic, 45% neutral, and 5% slightly alkaline.
• The Winkler bioclimatic index in the hillside belt ranges between 1,500 and 1,800°C, with the highest values on south-facing slopes and at lower elevations, while the Huglin index falls between approximately 1,800° and 2,000°C.

• The Ortrugo grape variety, native to the Colli Piacentini, has always been widely grown and cultivated, but was used primarily as a blending grape before being vinified as a single variety. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Only from the 1970s onwards, thanks to the interest of certain local growers, did Ortrugo begin to be vinified as a single variety, eventually becoming the most widely produced white wine of the Piacenza territory. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The wine is pale straw in colour with a tendency towards greenish hues, while the nose is delicate and characteristic. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The palate may be dry or off-dry, with a slightly bitter finish, and the wine may be made in either a still or a lightly sparkling style. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0350
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Colli Piacentini