🍇 Perricone
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; one parent is Sangiovese; 20 synonyms in VIVC.
Perricone is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sangiovese; the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 185, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 9 DOC and 8 IGT wines, among them Alcamo, Contea di Sclafani o Valledolmo-Contea di Sclafani, Delia Nivolelli, Eloro, Erice, Marsala, Menfi, Monreale and Sicilia. 1 clone of it is registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 624 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 6 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 20 synonyms for it, among them Cattarrato Rouge, Guarnaccia Nera and Nerello Mascarisi, 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
🍇 Perricone → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Sicily
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Marsala
- Related to
- 🍷 Rosso del Conte, 🍷 Riserva del Conte, 🍷 Guarnaccio
- Parents
- 🍇 Sangiovese
Frequently asked questions
Where does Perricone come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Perricone?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sangiovese; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Perricone known?
VIVC lists 20 synonyms for it, among them Cattarrato Rouge, Guarnaccia Nera and Nerello Mascarisi, 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.
- 🍷 Rosso del Conte — Rosso del Conte: red wine by Tasca d'Almerita from the Regaleali estate in the hills of inland Sicily; Contea di Sclafani DOC Rosso.
- 📍 Sicily — The largest island in the Mediterranean: 24 designations of origin, with Cerasuolo di Vittoria as its only DOCG.
- 🍷 Riserva del Conte — Riserva del Conte: red wine by Tasca d'Almerita from the Regaleali estate in the hills of inland Sicily; Contea di Sclafani DOC Rosso Riserva.
- 🍷 Guarnaccio — Guarnaccio: red wine by Tasca d'Almerita from the Regaleali estate in the hills of inland Sicily; Sicilia DOC.
Similar
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Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Perricone
- VIVC: area statistics PERRICONE
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Perricone N., codice 185
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)