Βελβεντό (Velvedo)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyards are situated at an altitude of 300–370 m northwest of the community of Velventos, on a northwest-facing slope, with soils of medium and light texture and a considerable content of active calcium carbonate.
• The broader area belongs to the Alfisols and Inceptisols soil orders.
• The prevailing winds in the Velventos area are easterly to northeasterly and have a beneficial effect by reducing the level of dew settling on the vine leaves, thereby lowering the risk of downy mildew infection.
• In the area, theoretical evapotranspiration exceeds rainfall during the growing season, resulting in a significant deficit of available soil moisture in localities such as Krokos and Velventos.

• With the advent of phylloxera the vineyard was destroyed, and its reconstitution took place after 1930, on a more limited scale owing to the emergence of peach cultivation in the area.
• A tax register of 1528 recording the fiscal revenues of the Ottoman Empire documents the cultivation of vines and the production of wine in the Kaza of Servia, where Velventos, with more than 580 households, had the highest wine output.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-GR-A1529
• Official trade body site — Wines of Greece (EDOAO)