Guarnaccia
| Guarnaccia | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | Verdana - for more see the synonyms section |
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | White |
| use | |
| origin | Italy |
| VIVC no. | 5097 |
| List of grape varieties | |
The white wine variety Guarnaccia (also called Guarnaccia Bianca, Cannamelu or Uarnaccia) is an autochthonous variety of Italy . Although it is said to have come from Sicily (according to the ampelographers Mazzei and Zappala), it can now only be found in the metropolitan city of Naples ( Campania ) and the province of Cosenza ( Calabria ). The area under vines there is 550 hectares .
The late-ripening variety is vigorous and gives regular yields. The wines are seldom made single-variety. They are often blended with other varieties, for example in the Calabrian DOC wine Verbicaro .
Synonyms
The following 12 names are also known for the grape variety: Aregu Biancu, Aregu Seulu, Cannamelu, Guarnaccia Bianca, Lacrima Bianca, Malvasia Bianca, Uarnaccia, Uva Bianca, Verdana, Vernaccia di S. Rosalia, Vernaccia di Santa Rosalia, Vernaccia S. Rosalia.
Others
- A red grape variety is grown on Ischia under the name Guarnaccia Nera, which is used in the DOC wine Ischia Rosso .
- In Sicily , the name Guarnaccia Nera is used as a synonym for the red Perricone variety .
- The name Guarnaccia is also used as a synonym for Vernaccia (Bianca and Nera).
- In Magdalen Nabb's multi-part crime series , the protagonist is Maresciallo Guarnaccia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guarnaccia in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), May 2020
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .