Savuto

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Soils with outcroppings of scisti, grey phyllites, gneiss, biotite schists, calcareous phyllites, and green schists.
• Zone in the lower Savuto valley, between the Reventino Massif and the slopes of the Monte Cocuzzo group.
• Sub-humid climate with low water deficit; rainfall concentrated in autumn and winter, with a precipitation minimum in July.
• Soft, brown surface horizons with good interconnected porosity and well-expressed ped structure.
• Marked climatic variability between the more humid hill zones and the Tyrrhenian coastal zones with a more temperate climate.

• alberello training practised by the Bruttii as early as the 3rd century BC, continued to the present day.
• Principal grape variety: Gaglioppo (also known as Magliocco or Arvino), of Magna Graecia origin.

• Soils of scisti, grey phyllites, gneiss, and biotite schists shape the character of Savuto, cultivated in the Bruttian alberello system since the 3rd century BC.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0620