Provincia di Nuoro

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory rests on a core of granites and metamorphic rocks formed during the Paleozoic, which outcrop from the coastline up to the Gennargentu massif.
• Dolomitic limestone beds dating from the Mesozoic dominate the eastern ridges of Montalbo, Tuttavista, and Supramonte, as well as the plateaus of the Tacchi and Sarcidano.
• During the Oligocene–Miocene, thick sequences of volcanic and sedimentary rocks were formed, which outcrop in the western part of the zone, while during the Plio-Pleistocene basaltic lavas covered broad portions of the area.
• Vineyard soils are often moderately developed Entisols and Inceptisols, shallow to moderately deep, sandy loam to loam in texture, skeleton-rich, and frequently sub-acidic.
• On alluvial deposits and slope colluvium, more developed vineyard soils are found — Alfisols — with clay accumulation, yet still skeleton-rich and relatively deep.
• The climate is temperate, with a prevailing mean annual temperature of around 15 °C and mean annual rainfall ranging from 600–700 mm across the region to 900–1,000 mm at higher elevations.

• Archaeological excavations at Duos Nuraghes (Borore) have unearthed carbonised grape seeds dating to 1300 BC, attesting to a wine culture predating the arrival of the Phoenicians.
• A ledger of expenses in the Vatican Archive from the early seventeenth century records the purchase of white wine from Telavé, from the village of Triei, confirming the continuity of vine cultivation in the area.
• Vines are trained as free-standing bush vines (alberello) or on vertical trellis systems and pruned by Guyot or spur-cordon methods, following the traditional techniques of Sardinia.
• Cettolini, at the end of the nineteenth century, recorded planting densities of 7,000–7,600 vines per hectare, still found in the oldest vineyards capable of producing wines of outstanding quality.

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 PGI-IT-A0808
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna