Terratico di Bibbona

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• North–south-oriented hills, running parallel to the coast at 100–350 m above sea level, form a piedmont belt highly suited to viticulture.
• The hills shelter the vineyards from winter harshness and promote orographic rainfall through humid air masses arriving from the southwest.
• Medium-textured soils (sandy-loamy), sub-alkaline reaction, rich in assimilable phosphorus and potassium.
• Rainfall is concentrated in spring (March–April) and autumn (October–November); late spring frosts and prolonged drought are rare.

• Etruscan roots: cultivation techniques using living supports (vine shoots trained onto trees) documented 2,500 years ago and still practiced today. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Roman vinification: treading in the «calvatorium», pressing in the «turcularum», fermentation in «dolia», terracotta amphorae. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

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-A1491