Piave Malanotte

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone falls within a low to medium plain, along the axis of the Piave river, with a temperate climate featuring warm summers and winters that are never excessively cold.
• Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, being more abundant in areas closer to the hills and diminishing further south.
• Cool air currents from the north-east make their influence felt through more pronounced day-to-night temperature swings in the northern part of the appellation zone.
• The soils, formed from alluvial deposits laid down first by glaciers and then by the Piave river, are considered warm due to their high proportion of coarse skeletal material and the absence of waterlogging.

• Vines were traditionally trained using the 'Bellussera' system, a vine-training method found exclusively in this area and developed essentially for the cultivation of Raboso.
• The appellation takes its name from Borgo Malanotte, a medieval hamlet located in Tezze di Piave, the heart of this wine's production.
• In 2010, 'Piave Malanotte' or 'Malanotte del Piave' received from the Ministry the recognition of Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita.

• The colour is an intense ruby red with violet highlights, tending toward garnet with ageing, with a characteristic bouquet of marasca cherry, blackberry, cherry, and blueberry.
• With maturation the wine takes on spicy notes of mint and eucalyptus, with an austere and savoury palate, high yet soft tannins, and hints of wood when aged in barrel.

• The warm, skeleton-rich, well-drained soils allow the roots of Raboso vines to reach moisture even after prolonged periods of summer drought.
• Low organic matter and a balanced presence of phosphorus and magnesium reduce vine vigour, encouraging high concentrations of colouring compounds in the grapes.

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-A0463
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini Venezia