Greco Nero

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Greco Nero
Synonyms see section synonyms
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color black
use
ancestry

Cross of
Terrano × Grenache

List of grape varieties

The red grape variety Greco Nero is cultivated in the southern Italian regions of Calabria , Campania , Sicily and Sardinia . The late-ripening variety produces ruby ​​red, harmonious red wines that are rarely offered as single varieties . At the end of the 1990s, 3220 hectares of vineyards were planted with Greco Nero in southern Italy . In addition, has Argentina still over 770 hectares of vineyards of this variety.

In Calabria Greco Nero place (blended with Gaglioppo ) input into the red and rose-colored DOC - wines from Bivongi .

The mutations Greco Nero di Calabria, Greco Nero di Cosenza and Greco Nero di Teramo are listed as related grape varieties . There is also a white variety called Greco Bianco .

See also the articles Viticulture in Italy and Viticulture in Argentina and the list of grape varieties in Italy .

Synonyms

The Greco nero grape variety is also known by the following synonyms: Grecau Noir, Grecau Noir De Riposto, Greco Nero Calabrese, Greco Nero della Toscana, Greco Nero delle Marche, Greco Nero di Avellino, Greco Nero di Teramo, Greco Nero di Terni, Greco Nero di Velletri, Grecu Niuru, Sambiase, Sambiase Eufemia Lametia, Verdicchio Nera .

The synonyms Aleatico , Marsigliana and Verdicchio Nera are often incorrectly listed. However, these are independent, unrelated varieties.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greco Nero in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), June 2020

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