Val di Neto

Italy · IGP · Calabria · 20 commune(s)

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Natural factors

Soils on Pliocene sediments resting on a Paleozoic crystalline basement, with Miocene conglomerate outcrops.
Climate ranging from subhumid to subarid: rainfall concentrated in autumn and winter, a pluviometric minimum in June, and a marked summer water deficit.
On the hilly relief, sandy or conglomeratic soils predominate, shallow in depth, with signs of hydromorphia within 50 cm.
On ancient fluvial terrace surfaces: medium-textured soils, sub-acid reaction, with a clay accumulation horizon.

Human factors

The IGT denomination takes its name from the Neto river, which rises in the Sila Grande and flows into the Ionian Sea after crossing the provinces of Cosenza and Crotone.
The territory forms part of the Marchesato di Crotone, a feudal aggregation established by the Ruffo family between 1390 and 1444, whose memory has survived in the local toponym.

Product characteristics

Climate ranging from subhumid to subarid, with a marked summer water deficit: a condition that concentrates aromas and structure in the grapes.
Soils on Pliocene sediments and varicolored clays over a Paleozoic crystalline basement influence the mineral profile of the wines.

Terroir / wine link

Soils on Pliocene sediments over a Paleozoic crystalline basement, with Miocene varicolored argille: diversified substrates that generate a pronounced pedological variety.

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