Štajerska Slovenija

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Štajerska Slovenija wine-growing district is the largest wine-growing district in Slovenia, bordering Prekmurje to the north.
• The soils developed mainly on soft carbonate rocks and Pleistocene loams, providing a favourable substrate for the development of the vine.
• Brown soils and marls are a substrate conducive to the vine; in individual sub-districts these consist of brown soils on clayey marls, on sands, and on sandy marls.
• In individual sub-districts, soils also occur on metamorphic calcareous sandstones, limestones, and carbonate Tertiary sandstones, as well as on marls and marly sandstones.
• The climate has continental characteristics, with an average annual rainfall of around 1,000 mm, hot summers, and cold winters.

• Growers in the district still carry out the harvest by hand, while other vineyard work is performed with the aid of mechanisation and a significant amount of hand labour.
• The average vineyard holding per grower is 0.64 ha, with the largest share of producers farming plots in the 0.1–0.5 ha range.

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

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-SI-A0639
• Official trade body site — Združenje Vinorodna Štajerska