Scanzo

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyards rise on hillsides with gradients ranging from a minimum of 50% up to 100%, with rare exceptions, and it is on these steep slopes that viticulture has always been practiced.
• The cultivated soil is of minimal depth and rests directly on a marly rock locally known as Sass de la Luna.
• The climatic conditions of the Scanzo area are described as closely resembling those of a Mediterranean climate.
• The production zone for the grapes falls entirely within the commune of Scanzorosciate and encompasses a planted vineyard area of 31 hectares. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The vine was the subject of the will of Alberico da Rosciate, who on 8 June 1347 assigned vineyard plots to his associates and a quantity of Moscato bergamasco to Jonolo da Priatini. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• In the closing years of the eighteenth century, the architect Giacomo Quarenghi presented bottles of passito from Scanzo to Empress Catherine II of Russia and to English dignitaries at her court, who regarded it as a new style of sherry; it is said that in the eighteenth century it was the most expensive wine in the world, quoted on the London Stock Exchange. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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 PDO-IT-A0949
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Moscato di Scanzo