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Albarola is a white Italian wine grape variety grown in the northwest Italy. It is most commonly found in the Liguria region where producers in the
Albarola is a white Italian wine grape variety grown in the northwest Italy. It is most commonly found in the Liguria region where producers in the Cinqueterre
The Cinque Terre (; lij, Çinque Tære, meaning "Five Lands") is a coastal area within Liguria, in the northwest of Italy. It lies in the west of La Spezia Province, and comprises five villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, ...
'' Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) use it as a blending component. Wine expert Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, ComMA, MW (born 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and wine writer. She currently writes a weekly column for the ''Financial Times'', and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com, updated daily. She ...
describes the wine made from Albarola as fairly "neutral" in profile. Outside of Liguria, the grape was historically grown in Sicily but for most of the 20th century has been declining in plantings along with other ancient Sicilian varieties like Albanello
Albanello bianco (or just Albanello) is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in Sicily where it has a long tradition producing sweet dessert-style wines from grapes that have been dried in the sun on mats for several days after harv ...
, Damaschino, Minella bianca and Montonico bianco.J. Robinson ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' pg 242 Mitchell Beazley 1986
Wine regions
Most of the plantings of Albarola today are found in the Cinqueterre andLa Spezia
La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second largest city ...
region of Liguria where the grape is commonly blended with other Ligurian varieties such as Bosco
Bosco may refer to:
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and Vermentino.Oz Clarke & M. Rand ''Encyclopedia of Grapes'' pg 35 Webster International Publishers
Under DOC regulations for Cinque Terre, Albarola destined for this wine must be harvested to a yield no greater than 9 tonnes/ hectare and along with Vermentino can constitute no more than 40% of the blend with Bosco needing to account for at least 60% of the wine. In the DOC wine of Colline di Levanto
Colline di Levanto is an Italian ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) located in Liguria that produces both red and white wines primarily from Sangiovese and Vermentino, respectively. Located next to the notable white wine only DOC of Cin ...
, Albarola can be harvested to a maximum yield of 11 tonnes/ha and constitute of anywhere from 20-55% of the blend.P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pp. 139 & 151 Firefly Books 2004
Synonyms
Among the synonyms that Albarola is known under include Albarola bianca, Albarola di Lavagna, Albarola trebbiana, Bianchetta Genovese, Calcatella, Calcatella di Sarzana, Erbarola, Temosci, Trebbiano di Sarzana and Trebbiano locale.References
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