Terre di Veleja

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Temperate subcontinental climate with mean annual temperatures between 10 and 14.5 °C and one to three summer months with averages above 20 °C.
• Parallel valley formations generate diversified microclimates over short distances: sheltered valleys with good sun exposure versus windswept ridges exposed to maritime air masses.
• Active ventilation from breezes limits humidity build-up and the severity of frosts; hillside sites record winters 1–2 °C warmer than the valley floor.
• calcare soils low in potassium, considered well suited to sparkling wine production for the high-acid grapes they yield and the wines' good aging potential.
• Significant slopes promote water percolation and partial soil dehydration during ripening, concentrating sugars and quality compounds in the berries.

• Active breezes reduce humidity and frost risk; calcare soils low in potassium encourage high-acid grapes well suited to sparkling wine production.

• calcare soils, low in potassium, oriented toward producing high-acid grapes suited to fresh, long-lived sparkling wines.
• Slopes promote soil dehydration at ripening, concentrating sugars and noble compounds in the berries.

• calcare soils low in potassium favor acidic, fresh wines considered well suited to sparkling wine production.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-IT-A0529
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Colli Piacentini