MADEIRA - Growing Environment and Grape Growing - Climate, Vineyard Locations and Soil

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What is the climate in Madeira

  • Warm summers - mild winters
  • lack of winter dormancy
    • > problem warmest sites
  • Mountainous > range of microclimates
    • higher > cooler
    • up to 1.800 m
      • vineyards up to 800 m
    • moist air in the humid winds arriving from the north > cool and condense into rainclouds > north and centre considerably cooler and wetter (rainfall > 3.000 mm/y, in autumn and winter)

What is the area of Madeira and the area planted with vines

74.000 ha total, only 450 ha planted with vines!

Where can you find most of the vineyards in Madeira

  • Relatively near the coast with forests covering the mountainous centre of the island
  • Up to 800 altitude
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What is the soil in Madeira

  • Vulcanic and high in nutrients

Why vines grow vigorous in Madeira

  • The volcanic soil is high in nutrients
  • there is plentiful rain
  • > fertile conditions

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