🍇 Catanese Nero
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; 3 synonyms in VIVC.
Catanese Nero is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 57, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 5 IGT wines, among them Avola, Camarro, Salina, Terre Siciliane and Valle Belice.
According to VIVC, it covered 80 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 3 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 3 synonyms for it: Vespalora Catanisi and Vesparola. 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
🍇 Catanese Nero → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Sicily
Frequently asked questions
Where does Catanese Nero come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Catanese Nero?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Catanese Nero known?
VIVC lists 3 synonyms for it: Vespalora Catanisi and Vesparola.
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.
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Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Catanese Nero
- VIVC: area statistics CATANESE NERO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Catanese Nero N., codice 57
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata