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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

M.Auzzo -754-

M.Calvo -839-

M.Maione -811-

M. Maggio - 658-

M. Amiata -1738-

Poggio Fògari -734-

Poggio Civitella -659-

Poggio del Comune -696-

Rosia

Monteroni d'Arbia

Sarteano

Montepulciano Scalo

Piancastagnaio

Sant'Angelo Scalo

Vescovado di Murlo

Celle sul Rigo

Scrofiano

San Casciano dei Bagni

Rigomagno

San Giovanni d'Asso

Castelnuovo dell'Abate

Torrita

Chiusi

Poggibonsi

Sinalunga

Colle Val d'Elsa

Chianciano Terme

Asciano

Montepulciano

Pienza

Rapolano Terme

Buonconvento

San QuiricoMontalcino

Castellina Scalo

San GimignanoCastellina in Chianti

Sovicille

Cetona

Abbadia San Salvatore

Chiusdino

Castelnuovo Berardenga

Gaiole in Chianti

Trequanda

Casciano di Murlo

Radda in Chianti

Radicondoli

Casole d'Elsa

SIENA

Arbia

Elsa

Orcia

Merse

Foenna

8

1

6

2

4

3

7

5

9

Ombrone

Staggia

12°0'0"E

11°50'0"E

11°50'0"E

11°40'0"E

11°40'0"E

11°30'0"E

11°30'0"E

11°20'0"E

11°20'0"E

11°10'0"E

11°10'0"E

11°0'0"E

11°0'0"E

10°50'0"E

10°50'0"E

43°30'0"N

43°30'0"N

43°20'0"N

43°20'0"N

43°10'0"N

43°10'0"N

43°0'0"N

43°0'0"N

42°50'0"N

42°50'0"N

Natural Terroir Units, Siena province, Tuscany Natural Terroir Units, Siena province, Tuscany

(scale 1:125,000)(scale 1:125,000)

Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 32N

Projection: Transverse Mercator

Datum: WGS 1984

False Easting: 500,000.0000

False Northing: 0.0000

Central Meridian: 9.0000

Scale Factor: 0.9996

Latitude Of Origin: 0.0000

Units: Meter

Raster resolution: 100 m

DEM Tuscany Region, resolution 20 m

GrossetoGrosseto

ArezzoArezzo

Firenze Firenze

Pisa Pisa

PerugiaPerugia

TerniTerni

ViterboViterbo

±

g / 100g

65

55

45

30

15

5

Clay content

0 2010Km

Stoniness cm / 100cm

55

45

35

20

10

0

0 2010Km

mm / m

180

160

130

100

70

40

Available Water Capacity

(AWC)

Rooting depth cm

150

125

100

75

50

25

0 2010Km

0 2010Km

Authors:

Simone Priori, Roberto Barbetti, Giovanni L'Abate, Pierluigi Bucelli, Paolo Storchi, Edoardo A.C. Costantini

Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura

- Centro di Ricerca per l'Agrobiologia e la Pedologia (CRA-ABP),

Firenze, Italy

- Unità di Ricerca per la Viticoltura (CRA-VIC), Arezzo, Italy

Surface Mean elevation Mean Annual

Temperature

Mean

Annual

Precipitation

Soil Available

Water Capacity

(ha) (m a.s.l.) (°C) (mm y-1

) (mm m-1

)

16426

(10.5%)

Low

(120-180)

High

(14-14.3)

Moderate

(730-760)

Loamy

and Silty

clay loamy

Scarce High

(115-140)Moderate High

1) Fluvial terraces and slopes of the Elsa river valley among San

Gimignano, Colle Val d'Elsa and Poggibonsi; 2) Fluvial terraces and

slopes of the Orcia and Ombrone rivers valleys, in the south and west

of Montalcino.

Brunello di Montalcino

and Chianti Colli Senesi

(north)

Marine deposits (Early Pliocene); fluvial

terraces and Quaternary continental

deposits

29066

(14.8%)

Medium-low

(230-300)

Medium-high

(13.8-14)

Moderate

(710-780)

Silty clay

and Silty

clay loamy

Scarce High

(115-140)Slow High

1) Plans and low hills between Colle Val d'Elsa, Castellina Scalo and

Siena, "Crete senesi" area (Asciano, San Giovanni d'Asso); 2) Arbia

river valley, northern slopes of Montalcino and San Quirico; 3) Eastern

hills of Montepulciano.

Nobile di Montepulciano,

Chianti Colli Senesi,

Grance senesi - Valdarbia

and Orcia.

Marine clayey and silty deposits (Early

Pliocene); continental deposits (Miocene-

Pleistocene) and travertines (Quaternary)

37077

(11.6%)

Medium-low

(250-300)

Medium

(13.6-13.9)

High

(800-840)

Loamy

and Silty

loamy

Scarce Medium

(110-130)Moderate High

1) Low hills of the high Arbia (Siena) and Ombrone (Castelnuovo

Berardenga) rivers valleys; 2) Low hills of the high Elsa (Pievescola,

Casole d'Elsa) and Cecina (Radicondoli, Chiusdino) rivers valleys.

Chianti Colli Senesi

(north), Chianti Classico

and Grance senesi -

Valdarbia

Marine clayey and silty deposits (Early

Pliocene)

49306

(15.2%)

Medium

(270-310)

Medium

(13.5-13.9)

Moderate

(720-750)

Loamy

and Clay

loamy

Scarce High

(120-135)

Moderate

or slowHigh

1) Northern hills of Siena and San Gimignano; 2) Hills around Torrita,

Montepulciano and Chiusi.

Nobile di Montepulciano

and Chianti Colli Senesi

Marine silty or sandy deposits (Early

Pliocene); fluvial terraces and Quaternary

continental deposits

57262

(11.9%)

Medium

(270-330)

Medium

(13.6-13.9)

Moderate

(730-760)

Loamy

and Silty

loamy

Scarce Medium

(100-115)Moderate Moderate

1) Eastern hills of Poggio del Comune (San Gimignano) and

Poggibonsi; 2) Hills between Rapolano Terme and Sinalunga; 3) Low

hills along Astrone creek valley (Sarteano and Cetona towns); 4) Orcia

river valley around Castelnuovo dell'Abate village.

Chianti Colli Senesi and

Grance senesi - Valdarbia

Marine deposits (Early Pliocene);

Quaternary continental deposits, Non-

metamorphic Tuscan and Ligurian units

whith scarce clay.

66169

(10.1%)

Medium-high

(350-420)

Medium

(13.3-13.6)

High

(800-860)Loamy

Common

or

frequent

Low

(70-100)Good Moderate

Hills between 350 and 420 m a.s.l. around Radda in Chianti, Gaiole in

Chianti, north of Castelnuovo Berardenga.

Chianti Classico and Terre

di Casole Flysches of the Ligurian unit

75703

(9.3%)

Medium-high

(330-440)

Medium

(13.3-13.6)

Moderate

(680-750)

Silty loam

and Silty

clay loamy

Frequent Medium-low

(80-110)

Moderate

or slowModerate

1) Hills between 320 and 450 m a.s.l. of the Staggia river valley

(Monteriggioni, Lilliano, San Leonino); 2) Hills around Casciano di

Murlo and Murlo; 3) Hills betwen 320 and 450 m a.s.l. of the high

Orcia river valley (Pienza, south-eastern slopes of Montalcino).

Brunello di Montalcino,

Chianti Colli Senesi and

Orcia.

Flysches of the Ligurian unit; marine

deposits (Early Pliocene)

85592

(9.1%)

High

(400-500)

Low

(13.1-13.4)

Moderate

(700-730)

Sandy

loamy and

Loamy

Scarce Medium

(100-110)Good Medium

1) High hills (400-500 m a.s.l.of the Trequanda-Montepulciano-

Chianciano ridge; 2) South-eastern slope of Montalcino; 3) North-

western hills of San Gimignano.

Nobile di Montepulciano

and Orcia, Chianti Colli

Senesi (Southern)

Marine sandy deposits (Early Pliocene)

94603

(7.5%)

High

(430-530)

Low

(13-13.3)

Moder.-high

(760-860)

Sandy

loamy and

Loamy

Frequent Low

(60-80)Good Scarce

1) High hills (430- 600 m a.s.l.) of the Chianti ridge (Castellina in

Chianti, Radda in Chianti) and of Ambra river valley; 2) Southern

slope of Montalcino at 550-600 m a.s.l.; 3) Hills between 350 and 530

m a.s.l. between Rigomagno and Scrofiano towns.

Chianti Classico

Formations of Ligurian and Non-

metamorphic Tuscan units, richer in sand

(arenites).

NTU Most representative geographical areasMore representative

DOC and DOCGMain lithology

Soil

texture

Gravel

content

Soil

Internal

Drainage

Rooting

depth

3 3

Legend

Towns and cities

Villages

DOC & DOCG boundary

Soil survey and mapping (2001-2006)

Granted by Amministrazione Provinciale di Siena

NTU mapping (2013)

© Journal of Maps (2014)

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GRS Grance Senesi DOC

ORC Orcia DOC