Πισάτις (Pisatis)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The altitude of the zone ranges from 400 to 800 m on the Foloi Plateau and in the northern and eastern parts, and from 100 to 400 m in the hilly area around Ancient Olympia to the south and the Pineios area to the west.
• Vineyard soils are of medium texture, gravelly-sandy or clay-sandy depending on the area, with a neutral to slightly acidic pH and low levels of active calcium.
• The climate is characterised as montane in the central, northern, and eastern parts of the zone, with cold winters and significant diurnal temperature ranges during the summer period.
• The climate becomes milder in the area of Ancient Olympia and the lower-lying parts of the Pineios region, approaching a maritime Mediterranean climate.
• Mean annual rainfall ranges between 700 and 900 mm, with the wet season extending from September through May.

• The first vineyard planted with cuttings of the Refosco variety was established a few years after the estate was founded in 1864, with vines imported from northern Italy.
• By the late nineteenth century, the estate's wine was being exported to Europe, carried by caïques loading oak barrels of red wine from the estate's cove and bound for the port of Trieste.

• The distinctiveness of Pisatis PGI wines derives from the particular characteristics of the area — including the soil, the climate, and the influence of winds during summer — in combination with the cultivated varieties and viticultural practices.

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

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Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-GR-A0269
• Official trade body site — Wines of Greece (EDOAO)