Vernaccia di Serrapetrona

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils of the mountain zone are geologically derived from calcareous ridges that have produced exposed rocky limestones outcropping in the valley of the Cesolone stream, chert-bearing limestones, and calcareous marls of the scaglia rossa and scaglia cinerea type.
• The cultivated soils of the mountain zone are thin and stony, developed directly on calcareous-marly bedrock.
• The soils of the hill zone are almost always calcareous, stony, and rarely fluvial in origin, of sandy-clayey formation, with the presence of sands as the final episode of marine sedimentation.
• The mountain zone extends between 500 and 1,000 metres above sea level, with the upper limit of viticulture set at 700 metres, while the hill zone ranges from 250 to 500 metres and is entirely exploited for viticulture.
• The climate belongs to the Upper Hill phytoclimatic belt, with mean annual rainfall exceeding 700–800 mm and mean annual temperatures below approximately 14 °C; in July, mean precipitation of 800 mm and mean temperatures of 21 °C are recorded.
• Slopes in the mountain section, which covers 40% of the area, are largely between 35% and 70%, while in the remaining hill section, accounting for 60% of the area, they range between 0% and 35%.
• The predominant aspect of the territory is easterly and southerly, that is, the orientations most favourable to vine cultivation.

• The sparkling wine is obtained through three distinct fermentations: that of the base wine, that of the must of dried grapes added to it, and the secondary fermentation in an autoclave using the Charmat method.
• A portion of the grapes, harvested in pairs, is naturally dried until January before being pressed and destemmed, then added to the already-fermented base wine.
• The village is already documented in 1132, and its municipal coat of arms depicts a vine with bunches of grapes, while wine production in the territory can be dated to the fifteenth century.
• The grape variety Vernaccia nera was traditionally cultivated married to maple trees, a training system that was subsequently replaced by the counter-espalier (controspalliera) trellis in the 1950s.

• The colour is ruby red, not too intense, tending toward garnet tones, with a lively red mousse and a fine, persistent perlage.
• The bouquet is aromatic and vinous, with notes of ripe red fruit, preserves, and dried flowers, while the palate is soft and balanced, with restrained tannins and a slightly bitter finish typical of the grape variety used.

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 PDO-IT-A0445
• Official trade body site — Istituto Marchigiano di Tutela Vini (IMT)