Osco

Styles

Terroir

• Predominantly mountainous (55.3%) and hilly (44.7%) territory covering 4,438 km², with narrow-crested ridges and deep valleys.
• Dominant bedrock: Paleogene marly-calcareous formations and Miocene arenaceous-marly formations (flysch).
• Mediterranean climate: mean annual temperature 13.5–14.8°C, rainfall 697–1,067 mm/year, with approximately 60% concentrated in autumn and winter.
• Triassic–Cretaceous calcareous and calcareous-dolomitic rocks form the massifs of the Matese and the Mainarde, with rugged morphology and steep slopes.
• 'Argille Varicolori' (a chaotic allochthonous complex of tectonic scaly clays) outcrop in the middle and upper valleys of the Trigno and the Biferno.

• Dominant bedrock: Paleogene marly-calcareous formations and Miocene arenaceous-marly formations, with outcrops of 'Argille Varicolori' of tectonic origin.
• Mediterranean climate with approximately 60% of precipitation concentrated in autumn and winter; mean annual temperatures between 13.5 and 14.8°C.

• Marly-calcareous (Paleogene) and arenaceous-marly (Miocene) bedrock characterises the vineyard soils of Molise.

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-A0693