Tavoliere delle Puglie
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- Dominant soils are clayey or clay-loam, grey to near-black, deep ≥1 m over banks of marly or blue clay.
- Most widespread type: soils over compact Mesozoic calcare, forming nearly the entire Gargano promontory and the BAT province.
- Markedly Mediterranean climate: mild winters, hot and long summers, mild and rainy autumns; hottest month August, coldest January.
- Varied orography: the Appennino Dauno to the northwest, the Tavoliere plain, the Murge plateau, and the slopes of the Gargano; strong thermal extremes on the plain.
Human factors
- In 1850 the Pavoncelli and La Rochefoucauld families planted approximately 60 ha of Nero di Troia trained as low alberello; within a few years the area expanded to 2,500 ha.
- Uva di Troia is among the oldest grape varieties of north-central Puglia; according to legend it reached the Apulian coast with Greek colonisers more than 2,000 years ago. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
Product characteristics
- Intense ruby red with violet highlights; dry, full in alcohol, and moderately acidic. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
Terroir / wine link
- Grey to near-black clayey/loamy soils (≥1 m) over marly or blue clay, alternating with sands and Mesozoic calcare of the Gargano and the BAT.
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-A0570
- Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela DOC Tavoliere delle Puglie