Παλλήνη (Pallini)

Greece · PGI · Στερεά Ελλάδα · 1 commune(s)

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Natural factors

This is a flat to gently sloping winegrowing zone extending between the two mountains of Attica, Hymettus and Penteli, at elevations ranging from 160 to 250 metres above sea level.
The soils of the area are of moderate fertility, medium mechanical composition, clay-loam to sandy clay-loam and clay in texture, and slightly gravelly, with good cation-exchange capacity.
The soils are slightly alkaline, calcium-rich and marly, free from salinity problems, adequately supplied with assimilable potassium, and characterised by high levels of manganese.
The climate is mild Mediterranean, with abundant sunshine averaging 2,400 hours per year and a long favourable growing season of 275 days, with mild winters and a lengthy dry, warm vegetative period.
In summer, predominantly north-easterly winds — the Meltemi — prevail, moderating the effect of summer temperatures, while frosts are very rare and occur outside the vine's growing season.

Human factors

Viticulture in the area developed in the late 19th century, mainly thanks to the development of the historic Ktima Kampa estate in the Kantza district.
Ktima Kampa and Ktima Matsa — the latter having passed into the ownership of Andreas, Alkiviades, and Alexandros Kampas from 1875 — devoted themselves exclusively to the production, processing, and marketing of vine products, and have been designated as historic listed monuments.

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

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