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Italian Wine Scholar Unit 2 TB > Soils > Flashcards

Soils Flashcards

1
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Bolgheri

A

Gravely, well drained

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2
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Montecucco

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Inland 120-500m

Marl, Clay, high stone content

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Morellino di Scansano

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Shallow rocky 250-400m

West = sandstone

East = limestone

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4
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Suvereto DOCG

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Alluvial sand to clay

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5
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Elba

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narrow terraced slopes

soils - wide range - volcanic, sedimentary, limestone, schist

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Cortona

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Soils sandstone, marl, schist CLAY most important to hold water when there is drought

Continental and Med influences

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Vernnacia di San Gimignano DOCG

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Yellow sand, yellow clay, Marine

200-400m

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8
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Montalcino

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Galestro

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9
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Vino Nobile Montepulciano

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Sandy - Homogenous

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10
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Toscana

A

Diverse

Limestone, clay and sandstone

Galestro & Alberese

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Umbria

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Alluvial - Ancient Lake TIberno central

Clay, Sand - Orvieto

Sandstone, marl clay - Lake Tresimeno between Torgiano & Montefalco

Volcanic - Orvieto, Bolsena caldera

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12
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Torgiano

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Sand & clay over limestone

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13
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Montefalco

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Lacustrine with yellow sand and clay

NW - marl & sandstone

Martini, Todi and Spoleto overlap so similar soils

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14
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Orvieto

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Tufo, clay, alluvial

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15
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Lazio

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  1. Volcanic - Volsini - Albani (north)
  2. Limestone - Latina/Frosinone (south)
  3. Clay and sand (coast)
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Frascati

17
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Verdicchio

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Calcareous clay

Uniform soils, loose, well-drained, clay & sand

18
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Matelica

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Limestone, marl, clay and sandstone

19
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Serrapetrona

A

Clay, marl, sandstone

20
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Conero

A

Poor calcareous clay soils

21
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Offida

A

Clay, sand & gravel on coast

Clay soils - water retention a problem

between Tesino & Tronto rivers

22
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Marche

A
  1. Inland - sandstone and marl - Matelica, Serrapetrona
  2. Coastal hills - clay, sand, gravel
  3. Hills - calcaerous clay - Jesi, Ancona, Offida, Piceno
23
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Abruzzo

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Mostly high clay content

Some marl and sandstone with high clay content in middle band.

24
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Campania

A

Primarily volcanic

25
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Campi Flegrei

A

Volcanic & limestone

26
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Aglianico Taburno

A

calcareous clay and sandstone topped with volcanic material

27
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Sannio

A

Clay, volcanic, sandstone, limestone, alluvial

28
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Taurasi

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Calcareous clay and marine-limestone with volcanic material

29
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Greco di Tufo

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High clay, limestone, sand and volcanic material

30
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Fiano di Avellino

A

High clay and volcanic material

31
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Ischia

A

Greenish tufo rocks

narrow terraces

32
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Amalfi

A

Top Soil: loose, well draining volcanic material

&

sub-soils of Dolemite limestone

33
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Aversa

A

Flat and fertile with tufo sub-soil with top soil made from volcanic material

Have tufo caves

34
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Falerno del Massico

A

volcanic topsoil & limestone subsoil

Italian Wine Scholar Unit 2 TB (49 decks)

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