Terratico di Bibbona

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The territory is characterised by a north–south ridge of hills, at elevations ranging between 100 and 350 metres above sea level, running roughly parallel to the coastline.
• To the north and south of the area flow two important watercourses, known respectively as the Arnaccio and the Cecina.
• Rainfall is concentrated mainly in early spring, between March and April, and in autumn, between October and November.
• Soil texture shows medium-loam granulometric fractions, ranging from sandy medium loam to clayey medium loam, with a generally sub-alkaline reaction.
• Organic matter and total nitrogen levels in the soil are generally below average, while available phosphorus content is good and available potassium is sometimes very high.

• Excavations carried out in 1937 at the La Pieve farmstead in Casale Marittimo uncovered the remains of an Imperial-era rustic villa complete with a winepress (turcularum) and a wine cellar.
• The municipal statutes of Rosignano Marittimo and Bibbona of 1490 contain provisions regulating the harvesting, production, and trade of wine, in articles 73, 76, 110, and 116.
• Growers train their vines using the capovolto, Guyot, spur-cordon, or alberello systems, retaining only a small number of productive buds.

• The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Arnaccio and Cecina rivers act as constant sources of air masses that moderate summer heat extremes and allow the grapes to reach optimal ripeness.

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-A1491