Suvereto

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The municipal territory of Suvereto features cavernous limestones and stratified black limestones dating from the Middle to Upper Triassic.
• The hilly area bordering the lowland zone is characterised by lithologies belonging to the Tuscan, Austro-Alpine, and Ligurian domains, while in the flat areas the deposits are essentially neo-autochthonous.
• Soil texture analysis reveals medium-loam, sandy medium-loam, and clayey medium-loam granulometric fractions, with a predominantly sub-alkaline reaction.
• A large portion of the zone consists of light alluvial sandy-silty and silty-sandy soils that are deep and moisture-retentive, alongside heavier alluvial silty and clayey soils.
• The zone has a mean annual temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and annual rainfall that does not exceed 650 mm, concentrated mainly in early spring and autumn.

• In the fourteenth century, the Della Gherardesca family, feudal lords of a territory stretching from Cecina to Follonica, gave impetus to the spread of viticulture in Suvereto.
• From the seventeenth century onwards, viticultural and winemaking activity increased, linked to the founding of the Accademia dei Georgofili and the break-up of large landed estates.

• The wines display a ruby red colour, intense and deep, which with ageing evolves toward garnet, and a generally modest level of acidity.
• The bouquet is intense, elegant, and broad, with varietal notes from the component grape varieties, while the palate is warm and dry, with well-judged tannins and hints of spice and oak in the aged wines.
• In wines intended for ageing, time enriches their bouquet, aromas, and flavours, rendering them more intense, substantial, and persistent.

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-A1266
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di tutela vini DOP Suvereto e Val di Cornia