Provincia di Pavia

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Pre-Apennine orography with valley furrows oriented predominantly from south to north, situated within the Apennine belt extending from Piemonte toward Emilia. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Terraced alluvial deposits along the foothill zone: loose clastic sediments of heterogeneous grain size, covered by a weathering mantle.
• Heterogeneous alternations of arenaria, breccias, calcari, marne, conglomerates with gypsum, and argille in lens-shaped bodies variously interstratified in the western hill zone.
• Arenaria-dominant lithofacies with beds of 80–100 cm along the stream valleys of the west-central zone, with landslide phenomena at argille contacts.
• Rhythmic alternations of marly limestones (30–250 cm) and argille (5–70 cm) form gently sloping relief in the marly-calcareous-argillaceous zone.

• Soils of heterogeneous lithology (arenarie, calcari, marne, conglomerates, argille) characterize the central hill zone of the IGT Provincia di Pavia.

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

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A1015
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini Oltrepo Pavese