Paestum

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production area is bounded to the north by the mountain ridges of the Monti Picentini and to the south by the course of the Sele river, which flows into the sea a short distance upstream from the ruins of Paestum.
• The area extends over a total surface of 22,645 hectares, of which 4,590 are classified as non-soil areas such as urban, industrial, and quarry zones.
• The terrain slopes gently westward with a slight gradient and few morphological breaks, reaching elevations close to sea level in the back-dune zone.
• The territory has a complex morphology, with surfaces of varying nature and origin — alluvial fan, terraced, alluvial, marshy, and aeolian — alternating with concave valleys and torrent incisions.
• Moving from the east, where the first hilly and mountain ridges of the Monti Picentini form the boundary, one encounters moderately sloping alluvial fan surfaces situated at elevations slightly above 100 metres above sea level.

• Sante Lancerio, cellarmaster to Pope Paul III, described the wines of the Cilento in the sixteenth century as a delicate drink for the great summer heat and unrivalled in the evening throughout a meal.
• The city of Paestum was founded by the Greeks around 600 bc under the name Poseidonia, later occupied by the Lucanians in 400 bc, and became a Roman colony in 273 bc under the Latin name Paestum.

• The orography of the territory and the predominantly oriented exposure of the vineyards combine to create a well-ventilated and luminous environment that promotes the vegetative and productive functions of the vine.

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 PGI-IT-A0261
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Vita Salernum Vites