Ρετσίνα Πικερμίου (Retsina Pikermiou)

Greece · PGI · Στερεά Ελλάδα · 1 commune(s)

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Natural factors

The area has a rich and hilly relief, with vineyards extending across alternating hills that reach to within 200 metres of the sea and rise to an altitude of up to 350 metres.
The soils of the vineyards are predominantly calcareous, while sandy-clay-silty and silty-clay soils occur locally.
Based on meteorological data from the Penteli Forestry Authority, the climate of the area is characterised as Mediterranean, particularly xerothermic, with a complete absence of rainfall during the summer months and sea breezes.
Average temperatures during the summer months range from 25–30 °C, while during the winter months they frequently hover around 10–14 °C, reaching their maximum in July and their minimum in January.
Mean annual rainfall is around 300 mm, with higher precipitation from October through April; moderate north-easterly winds prevail in winter, while seasonal Meltemi winds dominate in summer.

Human factors

Archaeological investigations to the east of the settlement of Myrtos in southern Crete unearthed clay vessels dated to the period 2200–2700 BC, in which analyses revealed that wine stored with resin had been kept.
The unique flavour of retsina is said to have originated from the practice of sealing amphorae with pine resin in antiquity, before the invention of airtight glass bottles.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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