Tarquinia
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Ugni Blanc (Trebbiano Toscano)Trebbiano Giallo B. — Trebbiano (Trebbiano Giallo)Malvasia Bianca Di Candia B. — Malvasia (Malvasia Bianca Di Candia)Malvasia Del LazioSangioveseMontepulcianoCesanese Comune
Terroir
Natural factors
- Territory shaped by three phases of volcanism (Eocene, Miocene, Quaternary) that gave rise to three distinct morphological sectors.
- Three soil types: late-volcanic products (lavas, ignimbrites, tufi); grey clays and clayey sands; brown argillites with marly limestones and chert.
- Along the alluvial coastal strip, black and red pozzolans, marine sands, and marsh deposits also outcrop.
- Mediterranean climate: annual rainfall 593–940 mm, summer aridity lasting 4 months, mean temperature 15.0–16.4 °C.
Human factors
- Mediterranean climate with intense summer aridity lasting 4 months and mean annual precipitation between 593 and 940 mm.
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-A0760