Soil · on the road ahead
Flysch
On the road ahead: added when Slovenia joins.
Soil profile
- Topsoil · weathered surface over the layers
- Marl · soft bands that hold water
- Sandstone · harder bands, alternating with the marl
- Formation
- Alternating sandstone and marl · on the road ahead
Grapes that like it
Flysch · where it dominates
On the road ahead: added when Slovenia joins.
Where it occurs
Vipava, Goriška Brda, Slovenian Istria, Istria (Croatia)
What flysch gives the wine
Layered, water-retentive, the classic ground of Rebula and Malvazija. Added when Slovenia joins the road.