Negroamaro
| Negro Amaro, Negroamaro | |
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| Synonyms | Nero Amaro, Nero Leccese - for more see the synonyms section |
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| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | black |
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| origin | Italy |
| VIVC no. | 8456 |
| List of grape varieties | |
Negroamaro (also: Negramaro or Negro Amaro ) is an Italian grape variety . It can be found mainly in the southern Italian region of Apulia , where it has been cultivated for thousands of years and makes very good, strong red wines .
Negroamaro contains rich fruit aromas of black currant and cherry. Until recently it was mainly used for blending wines ; in the meantime there is also increasing varietal expansion. The most famous DOC area for Negroamaro is Salice Salentino , where the vine is usually blended with a little Malvasia Nera .
The syrup-like spice specialty Vincotto is also obtained from dried grapes of the Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera varieties .
The Italian rock band Negramaro derived its name from this grape variety.
Descendants
The grape varieties Malvasia Nera di Lecce and Malvasia Nera di Brindisi are a natural cross between the Malvasia Bianca Lunga x Negroamaro varieties .
Synonyms
Negroamaro is also known by the following 31 names: Abbruzzese, Abruzzese, Aglianico, Albese, Amaro Nero, Amaronero, Arbese, Arbise, Don Ambrosio, Jonico, Lacrima, Lacrimo, Mangia Verde, Mangiaverde, Mangiaverme, Mentuonico, Morese, Negra della Lorena, Negroamaro, Nero Amaro, Nero Leccese, Nicra Amaro, Nigroamaro, Niuri Maru, Niuru Maru, Purcinara, San Lorenzo, San Marzuno, Uva Cane, Uva Olivella .
Web links
- Negroamaro in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), on the origin of Malvasia Nera di Lecce
Individual evidence
- ↑ Negroamaro in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed in August 2020
literature
- Brockhaus, wine . Brockhaus, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-7653-0281-3 .
- Norbert Tischelmayer: Norbert Tischelmayer's wine glossary . NP-Buchverl., St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3-85326-177-9 .
- Fabian Lange : The wine lexicon . Fischer Taschenbuch Vlg., 2003, ISBN 3-596-15867-2 .
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette Pratique, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Graefe Und Unzer Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .