Romangia

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Complex Oligocene–Miocene substrate: sandstones, silty clays, tuffites, tufi, marls, grey limestones, andesites, and ignimbrites.
• Exceptionally varied lithology: bioclastic fossiliferous limestones, calcarenites, bioturbated arenaceous marls, and pyroclastic deposits in ignimbritic facies.
• Three soil orders according to slope gradient: thin Entisols on the ridges, sub-alkaline carbonate-rich Inceptisols on gentle slopes, deep Alfisols on the plains.
• Landscape of hills and plateaus sloping toward the plain and coastal dunes; the Castelsardo promontory interrupts the dune fields along the shoreline.
• Area particularly exposed to the maestrale; mild Mediterranean climate conditioned by proximity to the sea.

• Viticulture practised since the 14th century BC: Mycenaean artefacts and carbonised grape seeds attest to uninterrupted wine-growing.
• A winemaking installation dated 1602, hewn into the calcareous rock at the «Pedraia» of Sorso, with the date carved into a pillar.

• Oligocene–Miocene substrate of sandstones, tufi, marls, limestones, andesites, and ignimbrites: direct lithological diversity of the terroir.

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-A0812
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Volontario per la Tutela dei vini Terre di Romangia