Terre di Veleja

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone is located in the province of Piacenza and includes communes such as Castell'Arquato, Vernasca, Lugagnano Val d'Arda, Bobbio, and Coli, as well as parts of Alseno, Gazzola, and Travo.
• The climate is temperate sub-continental, with a mean annual temperature of between 10 and 14.5°C and one to three summer months with a mean temperature above 20°C.
• Annual rainfall ranges from a minimum of 700–800 mm in the foothill belt to approximately 1,000–1,100 mm at the upper limit of 500–600 metres of altitude, following the sub-littoral Apennine rainfall regime.
• In the lower part, at the boundary with the plain, ancient red soils predominate, formed from an old flatland uplifted by tectonic movements, with undulating surfaces between 70 and 350 metres above sea level.
• The central part of the territory is characterised by the fossil-bearing soils of the Piacenzian, evidence of the rise of the seabed during the Pliocene, with fossil shells readily found in the vineyard soils.
• In the upper part toward the Apennine chain, soils derive mainly from outcrops of sedimentary sandstone rocks, while descending toward the plain, clayey rocks predominate, with alternating sandstone and calcareous layers.

• The Institute of Viticulture at the Università del Sacro Cuore of Piacenza conducted research from 1988 to 1991 on genotype–environment interaction for Malvasia di Candia, Trebbiano Romagnolo, Barbera, Bonarda, Fortana, Bervedino, Marsanne, and Moscato.
• The Consorzio di Tutela, in collaboration with the then Ministry of Agricultural Policy, continued from 1993 to 1995 the study of soil type in order to assess its effect on the vegetative, productive, and qualitative performance of the cultivated varieties.

• The Marsanne wine is straw yellow in colour, delicate and full, with vegetal and fruit notes, good body, and low acidity, available in both still and lightly sparkling versions.
• The Moscato wine is golden yellow, with a rich, intense bouquet of cooked fruit, jam, dried fruit, honey, and sometimes orange blossom, with a sweet, warm, persistent, and velvety palate.
• The Bervedino wine has low acidity and a straw-yellow colour, with a pleasantly fresh character and agreeable fruitiness, both in the still and lightly sparkling version.
• The Fortana variety generously produces red-berried grapes and a wine with marked acidity, which consequently presents as fresh, tannic, and relatively low in alcohol.

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 PGI-IT-A0529
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Colli Piacentini