🍇 Nocera
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; 11 synonyms in VIVC.
Nocera 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 172, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 5 DOC and 15 IGT wines, among them Bivongi, Faro, Mamertino di Milazzo o Mamertino, S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto and Sicilia. 2 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 104 ha in Italy (1990). Samples of the variety are kept in 5 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 11 synonyms for it, among them Barbe du Sultan, Carricante Nero and Extra Fertile Suquet, 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
🍇 Nocera → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Sicily, 📍 Calabria
- Main grape in
- 📜 Mamertino, 📜 Faro
- Offspring
- 🍇 Olmo S 45-48
Frequently asked questions
Where does Nocera come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Nocera?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Nocera known?
VIVC lists 11 synonyms for it, among them Barbe du Sultan, Carricante Nero and Extra Fertile Suquet, 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.
- 🍇 Olmo S 45-48 — A breeding line by Harold Olmo, a parent of Red Globe.
- 📍 Calabria — A region in the south of Italy: 10 designations of origin, with Cirò Classico as its only DOCG (2025).
Similar
🍇 Nerello Cappuccio · 🍇 Calabrese · 🍇 Inzolia Nera · 🍇 Catanese Nero · 🍇 Minella Bianca · 🍇 Prunesta
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Nocera
- VIVC: area statistics NOCERA
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Nocera N., codice 172
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)