Piave

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone falls within a band of medium to low plain stretching from the foothills of Treviso to the border with Friuli, from Montello in the north to the Venetian lagoon in the south.
• The climate is temperate, with warm summers and winters that are never excessively cold; rainfall is more abundant near the hills and decreases towards the south.
• Cool air currents arriving from the north-east produce more pronounced day-to-night temperature ranges in the northern part of the zone.
• The soils are considered warm due to their high proportion of coarse skeletal material and the depth accessible to roots; they are free-draining, low in organic matter, but with good levels of phosphorus and magnesium.

• The controlled designation of origin for the wines of 'Piave' was recognised in 1971, after producers had come together in a consortium for the protection of the zone's quality wines during the 1950s.
• The former appellation Piave or Vini del Piave was abolished in 2011, when certain wine types were removed from the production regulations and Malanotte del Piave became an independent DOCG. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Producers' knowledge, combined with zoning studies launched in 2007, makes it possible to match the most suitable grape varieties to each soil, climate, and geological environment within the area in order to produce the appellation's wines.

• The red wines display a more or less intense ruby colour with violet highlights, which may shift towards garnet with ageing.
• The nose of the red wines is fragrant and intense, with aromas that vary according to the grape variety among red fruits, cherry, ripe fruit, spice notes, fresh or dried herbs, tobacco, and toasty characters.

• Soils rich in coarse skeletal material yield particularly aromatic white wines with a fresh and light palate, while red wines grown on heavier soils show notable structure and roundness.
• Thanks to good day-to-night temperature ranges, the grapes are rich in aromatic compounds and the wines retain their aromatic profile intact even after potential ageing.

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 PDO-IT-A0464
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini Venezia