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Monte Netto
Monte Netto, also called Monte di Capriano (in Brescian dialect Montenèt) is an isolated hill in the northern part of the Bassa Bresciana, located between the municipal territories of Capriano del Colle, Flero and Poncarale, which reaches a maximum height of 133 m asl.
Characterized by the cultivation of vines, it is an area of production of the Capriano del Colle DOC wines (Capriano del Colle Rosso, Capriano del Colle Rosso Riserva, Capriano del Colle Novello Rosso, Capriano del Colle Trebbiano and Capriano del Colle Trebbiano Frizzante) and the IGT Montenetto wines. Its particular geological shape has prevented extensive anthropization, allowing the maintenance of distinctive fauna and flora. For this reason, the hill area and its foothills are protected within the regional park known as Monte Netto.
It is a hilly location that was cleared to make room for vineyard plantations. Traces of woodland areas can still be found at the foot of Montenetto, in the Capriano area where the Bosco delle Colombere still exists, and at the opposite end, on the territory of Poncarale where one finds near the Church il Bosco del Castagneto (el castagner) accessible from the road of the same name and clearly visible upon entering Poncarale from Brescia. The oronym Monte-Netto thus derives from the scarcity of vegetation that has characterized its vast summit in recent centuries.
The maximum elevation of the relief is 133 m asl, surging from the surrounding plain for an elevation varying between 12 and 33 meters. It extends longitudinally for four kilometers, while from north to south it is 2.5 kilometers long.
Wide and low, the relief is the result of underground movement that occurred during the Riss glaciation. The geological movement flows under the ground in a northeast direction to re-emerge near the Castenedolo Plateau.
The summit clays of Monte Netto would date to the earliest Quaternary phase and would be yellowish-blue in color. The lower layer is composed of gray sand with mostly calcareous coarse lenses of gravel. The uppermost layer, of alluvial origin as a result of river deposition from the valleys, is succeeded by a section of several hundred meters consisting of the marine sediments that composed the Po Valley at the end of the Cenozoic period.
The hilly relief has low anthropization, which is mainly concentrated near the two historic towns of Capriano del Colle, to the southwest, and Poncarale, to the east, as well as from the cascine a corte.
A large part of the area is planted with vines, being an area of production of wines protected by the Vini del Montenetto consortium, which protects the wines of the Capriano del Colle DOC. A modest portion was used in the past for gravel extraction.
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Monte Netto
Monte Netto, also called Monte di Capriano (in Brescian dialect Montenèt) is an isolated hill in the northern part of the Bassa Bresciana, located between the municipal territories of Capriano del Colle, Flero and Poncarale, which reaches a maximum height of 133 m asl.
Characterized by the cultivation of vines, it is an area of production of the Capriano del Colle DOC wines (Capriano del Colle Rosso, Capriano del Colle Rosso Riserva, Capriano del Colle Novello Rosso, Capriano del Colle Trebbiano and Capriano del Colle Trebbiano Frizzante) and the IGT Montenetto wines. Its particular geological shape has prevented extensive anthropization, allowing the maintenance of distinctive fauna and flora. For this reason, the hill area and its foothills are protected within the regional park known as Monte Netto.
It is a hilly location that was cleared to make room for vineyard plantations. Traces of woodland areas can still be found at the foot of Montenetto, in the Capriano area where the Bosco delle Colombere still exists, and at the opposite end, on the territory of Poncarale where one finds near the Church il Bosco del Castagneto (el castagner) accessible from the road of the same name and clearly visible upon entering Poncarale from Brescia. The oronym Monte-Netto thus derives from the scarcity of vegetation that has characterized its vast summit in recent centuries.
The maximum elevation of the relief is 133 m asl, surging from the surrounding plain for an elevation varying between 12 and 33 meters. It extends longitudinally for four kilometers, while from north to south it is 2.5 kilometers long.
Wide and low, the relief is the result of underground movement that occurred during the Riss glaciation. The geological movement flows under the ground in a northeast direction to re-emerge near the Castenedolo Plateau.
The summit clays of Monte Netto would date to the earliest Quaternary phase and would be yellowish-blue in color. The lower layer is composed of gray sand with mostly calcareous coarse lenses of gravel. The uppermost layer, of alluvial origin as a result of river deposition from the valleys, is succeeded by a section of several hundred meters consisting of the marine sediments that composed the Po Valley at the end of the Cenozoic period.
The hilly relief has low anthropization, which is mainly concentrated near the two historic towns of Capriano del Colle, to the southwest, and Poncarale, to the east, as well as from the cascine a corte.
A large part of the area is planted with vines, being an area of production of wines protected by the Vini del Montenetto consortium, which protects the wines of the Capriano del Colle DOC. A modest portion was used in the past for gravel extraction.
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