Sciacca

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Heterogeneous soils: alluvial plains, marine terraces, clayey hills, marne, marly limestones, dolomitic limestones and dolomites, gypsiferous-sulfurous outcrops.
• Maritime Mediterranean climate: rainfall concentrated in autumn–winter, nearly absent in summer; mild temperatures due to proximity to the sea.
• The chain of the Monti Sicani to the north and a system of valleys with varying exposures toward the coast create topographic conditions favorable to viticulture.
• Production zone: the communes of Sciacca and Caltabellotta (province of Agrigento), with a total territorial area of 31,352 ha and vineyards covering 3,160 ha.

• In 1971 the Consorzio Enologico Agrigentino Kronion was established, bringing together ten cooperative wineries in the province for the commercialization and processing of wines.

• The maritime Mediterranean climate, combined with proximity to the sea and the Sicani chain to the north, creates mild temperatures favorable to viticulture.

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-A0800
• Official trade body site — Assovini Sicilia