Ep. 1501 Marco Gandini Narrates Pt. 28 | Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0

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If you want to own a copy of this new must read Italian wine textbook, just go to amazon dot com or visit us at mama jumbo shrimp dot com. Abruso, historical background. When we refer to the origins of wine growing in Abruso, the region's productive history was based on the ability of the sunitz to reinvigorate the etruscans and Pecanian cultures that had annexed the Abruzzi territory in the first century PC. However, it was the Greek historian polybius two hundred and five, one hundred and twenty five BC, who first extolled the virtues of the wine produced in those territories, recounting Hannibal's victory, Kanne, and recording how Abrucise wine had helped to restore both healthy and wounded soldiers. But the entire agricultural sector suffered a severe recession with the fall of the Roman Empire and the subsequent barbarian invasions, all the few religious settlements existed in the region, and they were unable to keep Viticulture flourishing. In many territories, vineyards were completely abandoned, while in others, betaculture barely survived. What we know for sure is that wines made from aromatic grapes, such as Malvasia and Moscato, were mainly drunk at aristocratic tables, while common people prefer wines made from rustic grapes intended for family consumption. Records of wine activities did not reappear until the sixteenth century, Domenico Cerafino Orazio recounts how in fifteen sixty seven, the port of histonium, today's Vasto, was a large important of wines destined for Venice although he gives no explanation to the origin of those wines, whether from Campania, Apulia, or Abruzzo. A few decades later in fifteen ninety five, Andrea Babci, in his monumental work, Dena turale vinormi Historia recounts that wines from Laquila, obtained from Moscatello grapes, attracted drinkers with their fragrance, wines from Solmona were described as white and yellow They were highly esteemed and were obtained from Moscatelle and tregulana grapes. Are you enjoying this podcast? There's so much more high quality wine content available for mama jumbo shrimp. Check out our new wine study maps. Our books on Italian wine including Italian wine unplugged, the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine. Sangiovese Lambrusco and other stories, and much, much more. On our website, mama jumbo shrimp dot com. Now back to the show. In the late eighteenth century, publication Viatjeune paise de Beliney, journey in the land of the Beliney. The neapolitan historian Mickile Torscha describes Trebiano lack and Muscatella for the first time. Montepuliano debruso is mentioned along with other vines whose traces have unfortunately been lost over the centuries. After torture, other historical and technical texts followed, describing the characteristics of the multiple channel vine, which became the most famous vine in Abruzzo in the early twentieth century. In eighteen fifty four, Pfilo Cerafini, wrote in his monographia Storicadisulmona that, quote, the most common vines are multiple channel, both early and late maturing, just as Arturo Marescalchi and Eduardo Tavi described in great detail the crepe varieties present in ABruzzo. In their work entitled Vadimecum del comercente de Yuvien in Italy published in eighteen seventy one. Amongst the most mentioned are Campleze or Camoleze passerina, Rachapoolone, Montónico, Tibolis Verdicchio, Malvasia, Moscatello, Cortisco, and Primotico, Gagio, Aleartico, and La Crima. Unfortunately, many of these varieties were replaced by more productive Trebiano toscano and Trebiano Ruceza, after the end of the second world war. Geurophology. Abruzzo faces the Adriatic sea and borders market to the north, Melissa to the south, and lazio to the west. Sixty five percent of its territory is mountainous. Including the highest Epanine reliefs in Italy, Franceso, Cornegrande, Demayla Massif, and Montemaro. The Martinez area due to both the climate and the clay limestone origin of its slopes does not land itself to agriculture, which is instead widespread, both in the healing area that occupies thirty four percent of ABruzzo's territory and in the flat coastal area that represents only one percent of the entire surface area. The hilly areas have a subliteral continental climate, In the more inland areas, with temperatures dropping as altitude increases and frequent rainfall. Vineyards, areas, along the coastal strip, on the other hand, enjoying climate characterized by high temperatures in summer and mild rainy winters. From a morphological point of view, the territory is characterized by a series of terraces, sloping down towards the sea, incised in west Easterly direction by valleys that together give rise to landscapes, consisting of plateau areas and slopes with various exposures. As a whole, the geological structure of a brusso of Playo placed to see an origin is complex, but homogenous in its individual lithological classification. If we analyze the hillest strip bordering the market region, in the northern part, there are marine sedimentary rocks in particular sandstones and clays. While in the southern areas, there are marine deposits with fossil rich clays and sands. Naturally, the most suitable areas for growing vines are those that gradually rise from the coast towards the foothills, and those in the Pescata River Valley, where the Popili Gorges, the Sumona plateau, and the Pylenia valley converge. Here, the soils present the same characteristics as those in the foothills, with the presence of materials deriving from the disintegration of Sandy Clay, Success of various colors from yellow ochre to yellow gray of marine origin and conglomerates. Soils located upstream of the gorges in the area known as the Konka are the residue of a now dry ancient lake and are therefore mainly sandy salty, reaching cores, particles, and very dry. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcast spotify, email IFM, and more. Don't forget to subscribe and rate the show. If you enjoy listening, please consider donating through Italian wine podcast dot com. 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