This is a lowland viticultural zone with gently rolling relief, where vineyards reach up to 200 metres above sea level.
Most of the area's vineyards extend across slopes a short distance from the sea.
The vineyard soils consist of light-coloured marls of Attica as well as locally occurring medium-textured red soils, with a neutral pH and locally elevated calcium carbonate content.
The climate of the region is characterised as Mediterranean xerothermic, with mild winters and a mean temperature of 29.4°C during the summer months.
The mean maximum temperature is recorded in July at 35°C and the minimum in January at 7.3°C, with mean annual rainfall of around 380–400 mm distributed mainly from October through April.
Human factors
The Minoans cultivated grapes and trod them to produce resinated wine as early as 1700 BC, as demonstrated by research into organic residues in vessels found in Crete and mainland Greece.
Clay vessels dated to 2200–2700 BC were discovered to the east of the settlement of Myrtos in southern Crete, in which scientific analyses showed that resinated wine had been stored.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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