Perricone

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Perricone
Synonyms Pignatello - for more see the Synonyms section
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color black
use
origin Italy
VIVC no. 9182
List of grape varieties

Perricone is a red wine that is cultivated in Sicily and, to a very limited extent, in Tunisia . It is recommended for planting in the Free Municipal Consortium of Agrigento and Trapani and in the Metropolitan City of Palermo , while it is approved in the Metropolitan City of Messina and the Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse .

Perricone is approved in the DOC wines Contea di Sclafani , Delia Nivolelli and Sicilia . It is also used in the very rare red Marsala . Currently (2001) about 1195 hectares of vineyards are planted with Perricone.

The Perricone grape produces soft, brightly colored and alcoholic red wines . It is primarily as a blending Partner, or (under the name Pignatello ) for varietal IGT - wines used. It is assumed that it is related to or identical to the Barbera grape variety , but this seems unlikely in view of the different ampelographic varietal characteristics.

See also the articles Viticulture in Italy and Viticulture in Tunisia, as well as the list of grape varieties .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The tip of the shoot is flattened. It is only hairy like a cobweb. The greenish, shiny young leaves with their bronze-colored spots (anthocyanin spots) are also hairy or even hairless.
  • The medium-sized leaves are three- or five-lobed and hardly curved. The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The blade is serrated. The teeth are set closely in comparison to the grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is blistered and rough.
  • The cylindrical or conical grape is small to medium-sized and has dense berries. The round berries are medium-sized and blue-black in color. The aroma of the berry is neutral. The berry skin is thick.

The berries ripen about 30 days after those of the Gutedel . According to international standards, it is already considered to ripen late. The variety is very susceptible to the vine diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew . The grape variety that sprouts early is only moderately vigorous and only produces medium-sized yields in the order of 40 to 60 hectoliters / hectare.

Synonyms

The Perricone grape variety is also known under the following names: Cattarrato Rouge, Guarnaccia Nera, Nieddara, Nieddera, Niuru, Perricone Nera, Perricone Nero, Perricone Noir, Picnatelo, Pignateddu, Pignatelle, Pignatello, Pirricone Nera, Pirricino di, Quarnaccia, Tuccino, Tuccarinu, Tuccarinu di Catania.

literature

Individual evidence

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