Soils Flashcards
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Limestone
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- Calcium carbonate
- Alkaline, free draining
- Loire, Piedmont, Northern Spain, Most of Burgundy, Limestone coast in So. Oz
2
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Humus
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Black/brown mixture of partially decomposed organic matter
3
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Llicorella
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- Slate & quartz from paleozoic era; porous and drains well
- Priorat, Spain
- Syrah, Grenache, Carignan
4
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Turonian
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- Limestone from Turonian era - 89-93M years ago
- Found on slopes of Bourgeuil in Loire
- Cabernet Franc
5
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Kimmeridgian Clay
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- Calcareous clay containing grey colored limestone of same name
- Principally in Terre Blanche of Sancerre, Chablis, Aube-Champagne
- Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
6
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Silex
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- Flint & sand based
- Formed from a mixture of clay, limestone, silica
- Sancerre, Pouilly Fume
- Sauvignon Blanc
7
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Galestro
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- Rocky schist soil with huge slabs of schist
- Not like galette stones in Rhone
- Best vineyards in Chianti Classico DOCG
- Sangiovese
8
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Helvetian
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- Compact sandstone found in Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d’Alba, Monteforte d’Alba in Piedmont
- Gives nebbiolo more structure
9
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Tortonian
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- Calcareous marl found in barolo and La morra in piedmont
* Makes nebbiolo wines more soft
10
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Slate
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- Shale altered by high pressure and temperatures
- Harder & less porous than shale
- Mosel
11
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Granite
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- Formed from solid magma
- Hard and dense
- Baden and Northern Rhone
12
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Chalk
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- Lower density than limestone but similar
- Champagne, Jerez
- Other sedimentary rocks
- dolomite: high in magnesium
- sandstone: compressed quartz
- shale: composed of clay - quite soft
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Volcanic Rocks
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- Formed from surface lava
* Santorini & Madeira