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
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Humus

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Black/brown mixture of partially decomposed organic matter

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Llicorella

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  • Slate & quartz from paleozoic era; porous and drains well
  • Priorat, Spain
  • Syrah, Grenache, Carignan
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tortonian

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  • Calcareous marl found in barolo and La morra in piedmont

* Makes nebbiolo wines more soft

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Slate

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  • Shale altered by high pressure and temperatures
  • Harder & less porous than shale
  • Mosel
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Granite

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  • Formed from solid magma
  • Hard and dense
  • Baden and Northern Rhone
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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

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