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Alluvial Soils

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River deposits
Highly fertile
Often contains gravel, silt and sand

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Alluvial soil examples

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Argentina (Neuquen, Rio Negro)
SW France

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Basalt (Volcanic) Soils

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High in calcium, iron, magnesium
Volcanic

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Examples of Basalt (Volcanic)

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Baden
Soave
Campagnia (Mt Vesuvius)
Tasmania

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Calcareous Soils

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Alkaline
High levels of calcium and magnesium
Cool temperatures, delays ripening
Calcareous clay = high limestone content

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Examples of calcareous soils

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Central Italy: marche, Umbria, Abruzzo

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Chalk soils

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Very porous soft limestone
Good drainage
Good for grapes with high acidity levels

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Examples of chalk soils

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Touraine
Wursburg, Franken

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Clay soils

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Good water retention, poor drainage
Very cool
High in acidity

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Examples of clay soils

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Médoc (clay and gravel)
Right bank (clay and limestone)

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Granite soils

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Warms quickly and retains heat well
High level of acidity - reduces acidity in grapes

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Examples of granite

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Beaujolais cru
Northern Rhône
Portugal (granite and sand)

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Gravel soils

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Good drainage
Poor fertility
Vines go deep for nutrients

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Examples of gravel

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Left bank Bordeaux - best sites

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Kimmeridgian Soils

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Grey coloured limestone based soil
Kimmeridgian clay is calcareous clay containing Kimmeridgian limestone

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Kimmeridgian soil examples

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Loire valley
Champagne
Côte d’Or
Chablis

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Limestone soils

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Consistently alkaline, generally planted with grapes of high acidity levels

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Limestone examples

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Barossa
Burgundy: limestone and marl
Vouvray (very well draining)
Pouilly fumé, Sancerre
Southern rhone (limestone and clay)
Gavi

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Llicorella soils

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Mix of slate and quartz
Very porous, drains well

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Llicorella examples

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Priorat (unique) on bedrock of schist

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Loam soils

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Warm, soft, fertile soil
Silt/sand/clay
Too fertile for most high quality

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Loam examples

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Marlborough

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Loess soils

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Very fine silt based soil, wind bourne sediment
Good water retention and water properties

24
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Loess examples

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Austria for Gruner
Tokaj hill

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Marl soils

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Calcareous clay based soil
Cool, so delays ripening
Deep soils

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Marl examples

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Piemonte (central valley Barolo, wines are less tannic and more velvety)

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Sand soils

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Warm, airy soil
Phylloxera resistant
Drains well, not good at retaining water
Sandstone is sand that has been pressured

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Sand examples

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Maipo (sandy and gravel)
Tasmania (sandstone and volcanic)

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Schist soils

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Retains heat well
Rich in magnesium
Poor in organic nutrients

30
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Schist examples

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Beaujolais crus
Savennieres

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Shale soils

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Fine grain sedimentary soils
Moderately fertile
Retains heat well

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Shale examples

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Central Italy (Sangiovese)
Santa Maria Valley (Pinot noir and Chardonnay)
Swartland, paardeberg

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Silt soils

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Fine grain deposits
Good water retention
Poor drainage
More fertile than sand

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Silt examples

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Tokaj Hill
Castilla y Léon
Willamette - Van Duzer Corridor

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Silex soils

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Flint and sand based
Mix of clay, limestone and silica

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Silex examples

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Slate soils

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Retains heat well, warms up quickly
Dark slate radiates heat back at night

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Slate examples

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Mosel Valley

39
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Terra Rossa soils

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Sedimentary soil
Iron deposits oxidise and turn rusty coloured
Drains well
High in nutrients

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Terra Rossa examples

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Some parts of Med
Coonawarra (Cab Sauv)
McLaren Vale

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