Salina

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The archipelago consists of seven islands of volcanic origin, including two active volcanoes, Stromboli and Vulcano, along with various phenomena of secondary volcanism.
• The vineyards are found from sea level to over 400 metres in altitude, on soils of volcanic origin with a predominantly sandy fraction and high permeability.
• The soils are regosols, lithosols, and andosols, formed on lavas and eruption materials of varying age, and are therefore evolving soils of generally limited depth.
• Average annual rainfall ranges from 500 to 600 mm, concentrated in the autumn–winter period, with July and August generally dry, in a climate characterised by pronounced windiness.
• Salina, known in antiquity as Didyme from the Greek for twins, consists of two twin volcanoes, Monte dei Porri at 860 m and the ancient Fossa delle Felci at 962 m, the highest peak in the archipelago.

• Finds at Lipari of ancient coins from the 5th–4th centuries BC bearing images of vine shoots and grape clusters attest to the ancient origins of viticulture in this geographical area, colonised by the Greeks around 580 BC.
• A first sharp contraction of the planted vineyard area occurred in the early 1900s due to the phylloxera invasion, while from the late 1980s onwards there has been a strong revival of Aeolian viticulture.

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

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Sources

• Regional grape register (PDF) — sicilia
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0809
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Malvasia delle Lipari