Portofino

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Hillside substrates formed by marine turbidites: argillaceous and calcareous-marly sediments.
• Moderately deep soils with fine loamy texture, ranging from weakly acidic to sub-alkaline reaction.
• Vineyards on low-to-mid hillsides across terraced slopes, predominantly at 100–200 m elevation, with gradients of 35–50%.

• Viticulture likely originating with Benedictine monastic communities in the late Middle Ages, with documentary evidence from the Fieschi notarial records.
• Sante Lancerio attested to viticulture in Santa Margherita and Chiavari during Pope Paul III's journey through the area in the mid-sixteenth century.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0355