🍇 Carricante
White wine grape from Italy; parents Strinto Porcino × Visparola; 16 synonyms in VIVC.
Carricante is a white wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Strinto Porcino and Visparola.
According to VIVC, it covered 264 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 7 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 16 synonyms for it, among them Caricanti, Carricanti and Catanese Bianco, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Carricante → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Etna, 📍 Sicily
- Main grape in
- 📍 Etna, 📍 Sicily
- Related to
- 🍷 Buonora, 🍷 Contrada Sciaranuova Bianco
- Parents
- 🍇 Strinto Porcino, 🍇 Visparola
Frequently asked questions
Where does Carricante come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Carricante?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Strinto Porcino and Visparola.
Under what other names is Carricante known?
VIVC lists 16 synonyms for it, among them Caricanti, Carricanti and Catanese Bianco, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 Sicily — The largest island in the Mediterranean: 24 designations of origin, with Cerasuolo di Vittoria as its only DOCG.
- 🍷 Buonora — Buonora: white wine by Tasca d'Almerita from the Tascante estate on the northern slope of Etna; Etna DOC Bianco.
- 📍 Etna — The slopes of an active volcano with high vineyards.
- 🍷 Contrada Sciaranuova Bianco — Contrada Sciaranuova Bianco: white wine by Tasca d'Almerita from the Tascante estate on the northern slope of Etna; Etna DOC Bianco.
Similar
🍇 Nerello Cappuccio · 🍇 Calabrese · 🍇 Inzolia Nera · 🍇 Catanese Nero · 🍇 Minella Bianca · 🍇 Acitana
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Carricante
- VIVC: area statistics CARRICANTE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata