Pomino

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils of the production area are mainly sandy and marly, with a predominantly siliceous and micaceous composition, low clay content, and abundant skeleton in the higher zones.
• The vineyards of the Pomino DOC are cultivated at altitudes ranging from 300 to 750 metres, with variable slopes and predominantly west- and south-west-facing exposures.
• The climate is influenced for much of the year by cool, temperate conditions, but in summer a Mediterranean influence prevails, favouring grape ripening, with marked thermal variation between warm summers and harsh winters.
• Mean annual rainfall in the zone ranges from 550 to 700 mm depending on the year, with approximately 70% concentrated in the autumn–winter period, displaying typically Mediterranean patterns.
• The production zone is a foothill territory on the middle slope of the Valle della Sieve, in an area of high hills and low-to-medium mountains, approximately 40 km north-east of Florence.

• Vittorio degli Albizi, in a paper read at two sessions of the Accademia dei Georgofili in 1867, proposed the cultivation of specialised vineyards using experimentally selected varieties.
• From 1855 onwards, Vittorio degli Albizi introduced at Pomino French varieties from Burgundy — Pinot Nero, Pinot Grigio, and Pinot Bianco — as well as Chardonnay and Sauvignon, with the aim of producing a 'chablis di Pomino'.
• The Pomino DOC was established by Presidential Decree of 25 February 1983, published in the Official Gazette no. 262 of 23 September 1983.

• Pomino Bianco presents a straw-white colour, sometimes with greenish highlights, a delicate and pleasant nose, and a harmonious, dry palate of medium body with a slightly bitter finish. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Pomino Bianco Riserva requires a minimum mandatory ageing period of one year, of which at least eight months must be in oak casks or small oak barrels, with a harmonious, dry palate and a slightly bitter finish. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Pomino Rosso requires a mandatory ageing period of at least six months in oak casks or small oak barrels and presents a bright ruby-red colour with more or less intense garnet hues. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• All wine types defined for the red wines display well-balanced physico-chemical characteristics, with pronounced mountain-fruit aromas in some of them, while on the palate and nose the dominant aromas are those typical of the grape varieties.

• The alternation of cold, harsh winters with sufficiently sunny and warm summers, combined with significant daily thermal variation, ensures the preservation of aromas in Pomino wines.

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-A1453