Scartozzoni vineyard
A terraced plot of great geological variety. The red clays, rich in stones, make a warm, free-draining soil. Towards the hilltop the clays thin out, giving way to rocky areas of rounded pebbles and to very large veins of conglomerate, often outcropping.
Identity card
Soil type
Monte Villa Conglomerates.
Details
Discontinuous, isolated silty-sandy horizons and clayey-marly lenses, from tens of centimetres to metres thick, interfingering with conglomerate bodies.
Geological age
Pliocene (Lower Zanclean–Lower Piacenzian).
Average slope
50%.
Altitude
360-450 m.
Exposure
East, from south-east to north-east.
Plantings
Varieties and planting year
Vermentino, 2000 and 2002.
Pigato, 2002 and 2018.
Rootstocks
Paulsen 1103.
Training systems
Guyot, spurred cordon.
Curiosities
History
The vineyard takes its name from the Scartozzoni family, the first owners of the land.
Geography
At the foot of the vineyard, in its northernmost part, is one of the valley’s rare springs, known as ‘Vergae’. Its water was once used for drinking. Storage tanks dating from the Second World War can still be seen.