Antoniolo

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Gattinara (VC) - Piemonte - Italy

 

The natural environment in the wine sector is identified by the climatic conditions typical of a wine-growing region. This is considered the single most highly characteristic of its wine and the only factor not exportable.

 

This concept is the basis of all our vineyards in order to identify the wine with the place of production.

We can talk of the “terroir effect”, where “terroir” means a land whose natural characteristics - soil, subsoil, relief and climate - are unique factors that give the resulting product-specific features.

 

The wines take a series of compounds from the ground that determines their uniqueness and originality.

The characteristics of the mother rock, the profile of the soil layers, texture and permeability, and the content of limestone and phosphorus pentoxide are some of the parameters that influence the physiological state of the vine and, indirectly, the mineral and organic composition of the fruits. These parameters, next to the water regime of the soil, are closely related to the quantitative and qualitative production results.

 

The best results are obtained by excluding from the

wine-growing the land not suited and making an appropriate coupling between vine and soil properties of the terrain.

 

The type of soil is crucial in temperate climates. The importance of the soil is the basis of classical European viticulture, and consistently the most famous wines have a strong link with the territory.

 

All these considerations are the basis of viticulture in the Antoniolo winery.