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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

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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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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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22
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Alto Adige Soils

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Variety
Volcanic, Mica, Limestone

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23
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Friuli Soils

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Plains: Alluvial/fertile
Hills: Calcareous Marl and Sandstone

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Veneto Soils

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Very fertile (high yields)

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Valpolicella Soils

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Flat: warmer gravel and sand
Hills: limestone, clay, volcanic

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Amarone/Recioto Soils

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North: Limestone, clay
South: Gravel, sand

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Chianti Classico Soils

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Galestro, Albarese, Sandstone and Sandy

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Tuscany Soils

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Friable Shale, limestone

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Brunello Soils

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Varied
Galestro, Clay

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Bolgheri Soils

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Marche Soils

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Limestone and Clay

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Campania Soils

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Limestone/Clay (Greco, Fiano, Aglianico)
Volcanic (Vesuvio, Flegrei)
Alluvial

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Basilicata Soils

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Clay, limestone, volcanic

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Puglia Soils

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Rueda Soils

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Free draining (reduce vigor)

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Priorat Soils

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Varied
Llicorella (thin, rocky, low nutrients)

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Rias Baixas Soils

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Granite over bedrock

38
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Ribera del Duero Soils

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32 different types

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Jumilla/Yecla Soils

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Sand over limestone (retains water)

40
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Portugal Soils

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Vary by region

41
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Vinho Verde Soils

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Granitic (good drainage)
Fertilizers needed

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Douro Soils

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Schist, Stony
Low in organic matter

43
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Dao Soils

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Granite with sandy loam
Free draining
Low in organic matter

44
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Bairrada Soils

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West: Alluvial
Slopes: Clay, limestone

45
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Alentejo soils

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Wide range
Granite, schist, limestone, sand, clay

46
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Central Valley California Soils

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Sandy, clay, loam

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Oregon Soils

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Marine sedimentary, volcanic, loess (free draining)

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Washington Soils

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Basalt bedrock, various topsoils (Missoula Floods)

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Ontario Soils

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Varied
Clay, sand, gravel, rocks, limestone

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Okanagan Valley Soils

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Glacial deposits

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Chile Soils

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River Valleys: Alluvial
Coastal Ranges: Gravel
Andes: Granite
Limari: Limestone with clay pockets

52
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Argentina Soils

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Flat: Alluvial
Altitude: Poorer soils

53
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Breede River Valley Soils

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Fertile
Limestone (Robertson Chardonnay)

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Walker Bay Soils

55
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Australia Soils

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Very Complex Geology
High saline (can kill vines)

56
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SE Australia Zone Soils

57
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Coonawarra Soils

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Terra Rossa (free draining, controls vigor = concentration)

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Yarra Valley Soils

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Upper Yarra: deeper, fertile volcanic
Lower Yarra: loamy, clay, less fertile

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Mornington Peninsula Soils

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Free draining clay and sand
Red Hill: Red Basalt (fertile)

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Hunter Valley Soils

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Sandy to clay loam over clay

61
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Margaret River Soils

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Gravelly free draining (low fertility)
Moderates vigor

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Marlborough Soils

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Free draining alluvial (irrigation essential)

63
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Hawkes Bay Soils

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Gravelly, alluvial (similar to Medoc)
Gimblett Gravels

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Central Otago Soils

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range - low in organic matter
Schist

65
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Western Cape Soils

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3 types
Sandy
Granite
Shale

66
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Swartland Soils

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Low fertility
Granite, Shale

67
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Constantia Soils

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