Nocera (grape)

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Nocera
Grape (Vitis)
Color of berry skinNoir
Species Vitis vinifera
Origin Italy
Notable regions Sicily
Notable winesFaro
Formation of seedsComplete
Sex of flowersHermaphrodite
VIVC number 8578

Nocera is a dark black Italian grape variety producing deeply colored, high acidity wines. It originates from the north eastern region of Sicily and is now also grown in Calabria. [1] It is an allowed component of five DOC wines (Bivongi, Mamertino di Milazzo, Sicilia, Faro, and S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto) as well as 15 IGT wines. [2] It has good vigor but poor disease resistance. [3]

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Synonyms

Barbe du sultan, Carricante nero, Nerelli, Nicera, Nocera de catane, Nocera di catania, Nocera mantonico, Nocera nera di milazzo, Nucera, Nucera niura [4]

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References

  1. D'Agata, Ian (2014). Native Wine Grapes of Italy. University of California Press. p. 374-5. ISBN   978-0-520-27226-2.
  2. "Informazioni sulla varietà Nocera". Registro Nazionale della Varietà di Vite. Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  3. "Scheda Ampelografica Nocera". Registro Nazionale della Varietà di Vite. Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  4. "NOCERA". Vitis International Variety Catalogue VIVC. Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR). August 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-12.