Strongly sensitive to climatic conditions, vines are characterised by great adaptability to different soil types.

However, there are soils that better respond to viticulture, just as the same grape variety cultivated on different soils gives rise to wines with different characteristics.

The soil is therefore a determining factor in the cultivation of the vine and influences the character and quality of the wine.

The vine prefers poor, well-drained soils that expose the plants less to water and mineral salts.

This implies a limitation of grape growth and a consequent concentration of sugars and aromas in the berries.

The roots absorb nutrients from the layer of arable soil above the underlying soil.

Fertile, humid, salt-rich soils lead to the production of wines of inferior quality and unsuited to ageing.

Our wine cellar is located in an area of medium hills, where the composition and good drainage of the soil, the oldest in the Piacenza area, together with the morphological and microclimatic characteristics of the Trebbia Valley, have always determined the area's strong vocation for quality wine growing.