A landscape you can drink: hills born from magma, Renaissance villas, and temperature variations that enhance every grape variety.
In the heart of the Veneto region, just a few kilometers from Padua and Venice, the Colli Euganei rise from the plain with their unmistakable profile, the result of ancient volcanic origins. Millions of years ago, magmatic eruptions shaped these heights, creating basaltic rocks, trachytes, and fossil-rich limestone soils that are today extraordinarily mineral-rich and well-draining.
The unique morphology of the hills creates diverse microclimates, with significant temperature variations and favorable exposures that enhance the quality of viticulture. Amidst forests, Mediterranean scrub, and sunny slopes, the vine finds its ideal habitat, producing wines that embody the mineral strength and authentic identity of a unique territory.
Wines made from grapes grown on magmatic soils, anywhere in the world, share recognizable and appreciated organoleptic characteristics. This is thanks to basalts and tuffs, the distinctive elements of these extraordinary soils.
“Volcanic soils feature high macro-porosity: they can store water up to 100% of their weight and release it slowly. Furthermore, the roots breathe actively thanks to the porosity rich in gaseous substances, which are fundamental for the plant’s well-being.”
– Sandro Gini, President of the Soave Consortium –
Mineral, deep, elegant, and long-lived: our wines are born from the Euganean terroir, where volcanic soils and a Mediterranean climate create the ideal conditions for winemaking capable of expressing all its potential.
They are distinguished by structure, sapidity, and freshness, with smoky, iodized, and rocky notes. Complex wines with a strong mineral identity and great aging potential: authentically volcanic.
In 2012, Volcanic Wines was founded, the association that brings together Italian DOCs of volcanic origin on scientific grounds; since 2019, Poderi del Doge has also used its brand.
Vineyard views, seasons of work, moments of beauty:
images that tell what words struggle to describe.
