Romangia

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory is formed by low hills and gently sloping plateaus descending toward cultivated plains and coastal dunes, with the rocky promontory of Castelsardo extending out toward the sea.
• The local bedrock consists of a substantial stratigraphic succession of sedimentary and volcanic rocks formed during the Oligocene–Miocene, comprising sandstones, silty clays, tuffites, conglomerates, and tuffs.
• Grey limestones are present alongside pyroclastic flow deposits in ignimbritic facies, bioturbated arenaceous marls, marly limestones, and andesites in plug domes and lava flows.
• On the more rocky elevations, thin entisols are found; on softer rocks, subalkaline inceptisols often rich in carbonates have developed; and in the alluvial plains, deep alfisols have formed, sometimes with drainage problems.
• A network of roughly parallel streams descends from the Osilo plateau toward the sea, eroding and redepositing detritus, gravels, and silts until they meet the coastal aeolian sands, in an area exposed to maestrale winds.

• In the Sorso area, at the localities of Geridu and Pedraia, carbonised grape seeds, pruning and harvesting billhooks, and a winemaking facility carved into calcareous rock dated to 1602 have been discovered.
• The Carta de Logu, a foundational text of Sardinian autonomy, prescribed severe penalties — including corporal punishment extending to the severing of the hand — for anyone who uprooted another person's vineyard.

• All red wines of the appellation display well-balanced physico-chemical characteristics across every wine type, with aromas on the nose and palate that are predominantly typical of the grape varieties of origin.

• The climate, characterised by low to moderate rainfall, summer aridity in July and August, good sunshine in September and October, and significant diurnal temperature variation, allows the grapes to ripen optimally, contributing to the organoleptic characteristics of the wine.

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