Teroldego Rotaliano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone is a vast flat area of approximately 1,200 hectares on the right orographic bank of the Adige river, crossed by the Noce torrent.
• The subsoil consists of an extensive bed of gravel and pebbles with an exceptionally high skeletal content, formed by the recurrent alluvial deposits of the Noce torrent on its own alluvial fan.
• The topsoil is the result of centuries of human work, which has added a thin layer of sand and silt derived from the alluvial deposits of the Noce torrent and the Adige river.
• The limited depth of the active layer, the high permeability of the soil, and the aridity of the subsoil create in this flatland zone the conditions typical of hillside sites.
• The vineyards suitable for production are generally found at elevations of between 200 and 250 metres above sea level and present strongly dry hydrological conditions.
• The climate of the zone is characterised by relatively cold, fairly snowy winters and hot summers, often sultry during the day, with mean annual rainfall of around 900 mm.

• The earliest known reference to the cultivation of the Teroldego variety in the province of Trento dates to 1480, while the wine Teroldego is repeatedly mentioned in the Chronicles of the Council of Trento written by Michelangelo Mariani in 1673.
• The practice of qualifying Teroldego with the geographical name 'Rotaliano' arose in the post-World War II period to distinguish the original product of the zone from similar wines, and the place name 'alle Teroldeghe' in Mezzolombardo is documented as far back as the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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-IT-A0749
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vini del Trentino