Reno

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The plain between Bologna and Modena has a typically continental climate with hot summers and harsh winters, owing to its position at the foot of the Apennines, and humid southerly winds generally arrive dry by the time they reach the area.
• The weighted annual average rainfall is 925 mm, distributed unevenly, with two peaks in spring (26%) and autumn (33%) and two troughs in winter (23%) and summer (18%).
• The soils of the middle plain are of alluvial geological origin, with flat gradients and a chemical composition in which potassium predominates over phosphorus.
• The soils of the Bologna plain and those of the Modena plain situated to the right of the Panaro river have a physico-mechanical composition of medium texture tending toward clay.

• The Panaro river marked the historical boundary between the Papal States and the duchy of Modena, where crossing the bridge of Sant'Ambrogio the Lambrusco vineyards gave way to white-berried varieties such as Montù, Trebbiano, and Albana.
• The Montù variety is among the earliest white grape varieties to have appeared in the area around Bologna, as confirmed by the reference in Acerbi who in 1823 describes it under the synonym Montonego.
• The Trebbiano variety appeared in Emilia-Romagna in very ancient times with the arrival of the Etruscan people, and is cited by Pier de' Crescenzi in 1305 in his treatise Liber ruralium commodorum as a white grape with small, round berries.
• In the eighteenth century the Bolognese agronomist Vincenzo Tanara already listed several varieties of the Albana vine, among them albana rara, albana spessa, and albanone.

• The white wines produced in this territory show a straw-yellow colour, with medium body and good acidity, underpinned by fresh and fragrant aromas with floral and fruity notes.

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-A0506
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Lambrusco