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Bordeaux Left Bank Soils

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Gravel (helps ripening)
Clay Pockets (St. Estephe)

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Bordeaux Right Bank Soils

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Clay
Limestone Plateau (Pomerol)

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Chablis Soils

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Petit Chablis: Portlandian
Chablis: Limestone, Clay, Kimmeridgian

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Cote d’Or Soils

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Limestone, Clay, Marl

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Cote Chalonnaise Soils

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Limestone and Clay

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Beaujolais Soils

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Granite, Schist, Sandy (Cru)
More fertile (AOC, Villages)

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Alsace Soils

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Mosaic of soils
Plains: more fertile
Slopes: Better draining

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Pays Nantais Soils

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Well draining

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Anjou-Saumur/Touraine Sils

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Schist and Limestone/Chalk

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Sancerre Soils

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Caillotes
Terres Blanches
Silex

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Cote Rotie Soils

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Poor, stony, good drainage

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Hermitage Soils

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thin, stony

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CDP Soils

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Limestone, clay, sandstone, sandy, gallets (less important now with warmer temps)

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Saint Chinian Soils

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North: Schist (lower yields)
South: Clay and Limestone (higher yields)

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Faugeres Soils

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Well draining
Low fertility
Schist

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Dordogne Soils

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Clay, limestone, some gravel

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Cahors Soils

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Flat land: alluvial
Higher sites: poorer

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Madiran Soils

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Flat: clay and clay loam
Slopes: clay and limestone

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Jurancon Soils

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Limestone, sand, clay, stones

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Jura Soils

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Heavy clay, marl, some limestone

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Mosel Soils

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Dark Slate (radiates heat)

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Austria Soils

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Thin soils over rock (granite, gneiss)
Loess

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Tokaj Soils

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Volcanic with Nyirok, loess, sandy silt, clay

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Greece Soils

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Varies: Limestone to volcanic
Predominantly low fertility (low vigor, low yields)

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Alto Adige Soils
Variety Volcanic, Mica, Limestone
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Friuli Soils
Plains: Alluvial/fertile Hills: Calcareous Marl and Sandstone
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Veneto Soils
Very fertile (high yields)
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Valpolicella Soils
Flat: warmer gravel and sand Hills: limestone, clay, volcanic
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Amarone/Recioto Soils
North/Altitude: Limestone, clay South/Flatter: Gravel, sand
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Chianti Classico Soils
Galestro, Albarese, Sandstone and Sandy
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Tuscany Soils
Friable Shale, limestone
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Brunello Soils
Varied Galestro, Clay
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Bolgheri Soils
Varied
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Marche Soils
Limestone and Clay
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Campania Soils
Limestone/Clay (Greco, Fiano, Aglianico) Volcanic (Vesuvio, Flegrei) Alluvial
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Basilicata Soils
Clay, limestone, volcanic
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Puglia Soils
Fertile
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Rueda Soils
Free draining (reduce vigor)
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Priorat Soils
Varied Llicorella (thin, rocky, low nutrients)
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Rias Baixas Soils
Granite over bedrock
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Ribera del Duero Soils
32 different types
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Jumilla/Yecla Soils
Sand over limestone (retains water)
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Portugal Soils
Vary by region
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Vinho Verde Soils
Granitic (good drainage) Fertilizers needed
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Douro Soils
Schist, Stony Low in organic matter
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Dao Soils
Granite with sandy loam Free draining Low in organic matter
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Bairrada Soils
West: Alluvial Slopes: Clay, limestone
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Alentejo soils
Wide range Granite, schist, limestone, sand, clay
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Central Valley California Soils
Sandy, clay, loam
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Oregon Soils
Marine sedimentary, volcanic, loess (free draining)
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Washington Soils
Basalt bedrock, various topsoils (Missoula Floods)
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Ontario Soils
Varied Clay, sand, gravel, rocks, limestone
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Okanagan Valley Soils
Glacial deposits
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Chile Soils
River Valleys: Alluvial Coastal Ranges: Gravel Andes: Granite Limari: Limestone with clay pockets
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Argentina Soils
Flat: Alluvial Altitude: Poorer soils
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Breede River Valley Soils
Fertile Limestone (Robertson Chardonnay)
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Walker Bay Soils
Clay
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Australia Soils
Very Complex Geology High saline (can kill vines)
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SE Australia Zone Soils
Sandy
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Coonawarra Soils
Terra Rossa (free draining, controls vigor = concentration)
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Yarra Valley Soils
Upper Yarra: deeper, fertile volcanic Lower Yarra: loamy, clay, less fertile
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Mornington Peninsula Soils
Free draining clay and sand Red Hill: Red Basalt (fertile)
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Hunter Valley Soils
Sandy to clay loam over clay
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Margaret River Soils
Gravelly free draining (low fertility) Moderates vigor
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Marlborough Soils
Free draining alluvial (irrigation essential)
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Hawkes Bay Soils
Gravelly, alluvial (similar to Medoc) Gimblett Gravels
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Central Otago Soils
range - low in organic matter Schist
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Western Cape Soils
3 types Sandy Granite Shale
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Swartland Soils
Low fertility Granite, Shale
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Constantia Soils
Granite

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