Θεσσαλία (Thessalia)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Relief is 50% mountainous-semi-mountainous and 50% lowland, with the principal mountain ranges being Όλυμπος, Pindus, Ossa, Pelion, and Othrys.
• ηπειρωτικό κλίμα: cold winters, hot summers, and frequent summer rainfall on the plains.
• Magnesia prefecture: humid winds from the Pagasetic Gulf, cool summers, mild winters, mean temperature 15–16°C, rainfall 400–500 mm.
• Vineyard soils of Magnesia: clay-loam, moderately alkaline, with a high calcium carbonate content.
• The sparkling wine zone of ΠΓΕ Meteora is characterised by pronounced topographic diversity, encompassing semi-mountainous and mountainous terrain.

• During the Ottoman period, viticulture in Θεσσαλία developed on rugged mountain slopes and in the vicinity of Meteora.
• The sparkling wines of ΠΓΕ Θεσσαλία have been produced systematically for more than two decades, based on the varieties Ξινόμαυρο and Ασύρτικο.

• The varieties Ξινόμαυρο, Μαλαγουζιά, and Ασύρτικο yield sparkling wines with 'distinctive organoleptic characteristics'.
• The sparkling wines of ΠΓΕ Θεσσαλία are described as wines 'with typicity and particularly distinctive quality characteristics'.

• The combination of soil, climate, winds, grape varieties, and viticultural techniques shapes the uniqueness of the ΠΓΕ Θεσσαλία wines.

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

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-GR-A1601
• Official trade body site — Wines of Greece (EDOAO)