Rotae

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The altitude of vineyard-planted land within the delimited geographical area must not be less than 200 metres above sea level.
• The mean annual temperature in the area ranges between 13.5 and 14.8 °C, while mean annual rainfall is between 696.8 and 1,067 mm, with approximately 60% concentrated in autumn and winter.
• In the areas of Frosolone and Chiauci the relief is of a calcareous-marly-cherty nature, alongside marly-calcareous or marly-clayey-sandy formations as found in the zones of Forlì del Sannio, Roccasicura, and Agnone.
• Recent and current alluvial deposits and ancient alluvial terraces are found in the valley floors of the rivers Trigno, Verrino, Vandra, and Volturno and of the various streams of the zone.
• The hilly landscape system features well-drained, deep soils with a fine texture, calcareous and stony, with slope gradients ranging from 2 to 25%.
• Fluvio-lacustrine and marsh-origin deposits, interbedded with alluvial deposits and alluvial fans, are present in the tectonic depressions of the Venafro-Roccaravindola plain and in the Isernia basin.

• Pliny attests to the presence, already in the Greek period and later in the Roman, of two wines produced in the zone, one called Paetrutianu and the other, more renowned, obtained from a vine known as pumula in the area of Isernia.
• Frederick II established the County of Molise, and the population of the territory built fortified settlements later transformed into districts and sub-districts by Giuseppe Bonaparte, with the vineyards passing during the nineteenth century from tree-trained systems to small enclosed plots.

• The well-drained, deep soils with fine texture, calcareous character, and stoniness allow the storage of a water reserve that, even with modest summer rainfall, supports the ripening of the grapes.

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

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Sources

• Regional grape register (PDF) — molise
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0688