The soils of the winegrowing zone range from sandy, sandy-loam, and loam to sandy-clay and clay, with a medium texture and a predominantly neutral pH.
The winegrowing zone lies within the administrative boundaries of the Prefecture of Evia, at an elevation of more than 10 metres, with considerable diversity in soils and topography.
The climate of the region is Mediterranean, with a mean annual temperature of 18 °C, summer months averaging 24 °C and winter months averaging 10 °C.
The mean maximum temperature occurs in July and the minimum in January, while average annual rainfall is around 1,250.0 mm, with higher precipitation from October through April.
Human factors
Scientific analyses of clay vessels discovered to the east of the settlement of Myrtos in southern Crete, dating to 2200–2700 BC, demonstrated that wine containing resin had been stored in them.
Viticulture was well established in the region, as attested by Homer in the Iliad, while the Abantes, the earliest prehistoric Greek tribe, settled in Evia around Chalkida and Eretria between 2100 and 1900 BC.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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