Ronchi di Brescia

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The valley's geological formations, which originated during the Mesozoic era, are composed of Jurassic-Liassic strata, with occurrences of siliciferous limestone, medolo, and corna.
• The rock known as corna is a white, compact, nearly pure limestone occurring in thick beds, which brought fame to the marbles of Botticino and Rezzato.
• Along the narrow strip of land at the eastern foot of the cliffs of Monte Maddalena, Cretaceous rocks outcrop, including marly clays and marly limestones such as the scaglia rossa and the scaglia bianca, locally called gesso.
• Soil derived from the Upper Lias is more calcareous than that of the corso and is generally lighter in colour, with isolated patches on the hill of Torricella and in the vicinity of Molvina.
• The climate is typically Mediterranean, and the cumulative heat during the growing season is sufficient to achieve good grape ripeness, without extreme conditions that would inhibit vine cultivation.

• During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the Benedictine monks of the monastery of San Pietro in Monte di Serle promoted the spread of vine cultivation on their holdings in Nave, Bovezzo, and Caino for liturgical use and charitable assistance.
• Around 1220, the Comune di Brescia began claiming the lands of the foothill zone, cleared from scrubland and brought under cultivation predominantly as vineyards, generally known as Ronchi.

• The white wines generally display a modest level of acidity, with floral and fruity aromas.
• The red wines tend to show a broad, vinous, and characteristic nose, a fresh, savory, dry, and harmonious palate, with medium structure.

• The favorable exposure of the vineyards, which are sun-drenched and sheltered by the Pre-Alpine chain, combined with the clay-calcareous nature of the soils on the hillside slopes east of Brescia, creates an ideal environment for red wines of typicity and body that reach their peak with aging.

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-A1265
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Botticino