Quistello

Styles

Terroir

• Holocene alluvial lowland plain, elevations between 7 and 20 m a.s.l., shaped by deposits from the Po and its tributaries.
• East–west undulations corresponding to ancient Po riverbeds, still legible in the present-day morphology.
• Soils on fossil levees: sandy or sandy-silty, deep, well-drained, moderately to highly calcareous at depth.

• Vine cultivation established by Benedictine monks of Polirone (11th century), with wine levies imposed on tenant farmers, on land reclaimed from Po floodwaters. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Tradition of the vine married to the elm in the Mantuan piantate system, documented at the Viticultural Congress of Quistello in 1946.

• Holocene alluvial soils shaped by the Po and Secchia: sandy on fluvial ridges, clayey in low-lying valley areas, with variable drainage and texture.

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-A1081
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini Mantovani