Parteolla

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The subsoil of the area consists of marine and continental sedimentary deposits of Oligocene–Miocene age overlying a Palaeozoic metamorphic granitic basement.
• The most widespread sedimentary rocks outcrop as alternating sequences of coarse sandstones, yellowish sandy and silty marls, and fossiliferous calcarenites formed between 25 and 15 million years ago.
• In depressions such as the 'staini saliu' there are silts and clays derived from marsh sedimentation and brackish-water deposition.
• At the crests of the marly ridges, pale, thin, and poorly developed Entisols are found, while on the slopes the soils become deeper and more developed, classified as Inceptisols.
• The climate is Mediterranean, with mild and moderately rainy winters and hot, dry summers; mean annual rainfall is 500 mm distributed over an average of 55 days, and the mean annual maximum temperature is 22 °C.

• In the nuragic village of Monte Olladiri in Monastir, wine containers in the form of askoid jugs have been found, typical of Sardinian culture through the early Iron Age.
• In the nuragic village of Monte Zara in Monastir, a disputed stone press, known as a pressoio, was discovered, presumed to have been used for crushing grapes.
• The most widespread training system is the vertical trellis (controspalliera) with Guyot pruning, and more rarely cordon-spur pruning, while in older vineyards the bush vine (alberello) with spur pruning of 2–3 buds remains in use.

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-A0796
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna