Rubicone

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Romagnol Apennines are composed broadly of calcareous and argillaceous formations, whose shared geological origin dates to the Tertiary era.
• The geological formation that most distinctively characterises Romagna is the Marnoso-arenacea, a belt of alternating strata of turbiditic sandstones and marls.
• During the Messinian age, evaporitic rocks such as gypsum, anhydrite, and rock salt were deposited; these are clearly visible in Romagna in the formation known as the Vena del gesso.
• Pliocene deposits, predominantly argillaceous in character, frequently display the typical badland morphology (calanchi), encountered in the lower valleys.
• The Winkler index rises to approximately 2,400 degree-days on the plain, compared with 1,800–2,200 degree-days across the various altitudinal bands and hillside exposures.
• Rainfall ranges from 600 to 800 mm per year, concentrated mainly in the autumn period and, secondarily, in spring.
• The headwaters of the river Rubicone rise in argillaceous soils — specifically slightly arenaceous marly clays of grey-blue colour dating to the Pliocene. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Near the headwaters, sandier soils of yellow or yellow-orange colour emerge, arranged in banks of cemented sands of variable thickness. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The mixed cultivation of the vine known as «piantata», which spread in the fifteenth century, reached its fullest expression in the eighteenth century with the introduction of sharecropping (mezzadria), allowing cultivation on three levels: tall standard trees, vine shoots, and herbaceous crops at ground level.
• In the hillside areas, introduced varieties could be trained in the typically Greek bush-vine (alberello) method, which still persists sporadically today.
• The river Rubicone was known as Fiumicino until 1933, the year in which it was recognised as the river crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The white wines range from straw yellow to golden yellow, with floral aromas of acacia and hawthorn and fruity notes, from dry to sweet.
• The Sangiovese rosé, rooted in the tradition of saignée, displays floral aromas of violet and hints of just-ripe red fruits such as strawberry, raspberry, cherry, and redcurrant.
• The red wines show a ruby colour of variable intensity with fruity notes, floral hints of violet and rose, and sometimes spice, ranging from dry to sweet with good roundness.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0525
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini di Romagna