Soil Types

For types of soil and rock, see individual entries on albariza, alluvium, basalt, calcareous, chalk, clay, colluvium, galet, gneiss, granite, gravel, greywacke, limestone, loam, loess, marl, muschelkalk, quartz, quartzite, rendzina, sand, sandstone, schist, shale, silt, slate, terra rossa, tuff, tuffeau, and volcanic. See also soil and wine quality and geology, however, for evidence of soil’s relatively indirect role in shaping wine and wine quality.