Calabrese Montenuovo
History
Little is known about Calabrese Montenuovo, but the link to Sangiovese has prompted considerable research. It is believed to have originated in Calabria, hence the name.
CALABRESE: Alternate name for the Nero d'Avola grape. (See below).
CALLET: Native red-wine grape found on the island of Majorca, along with two others indigenous to the island - Fogoneu and Manto Negro.
CALABRESE: Alternate name for the Nero d'Avola grape. (See below).
CALITOR: Red wine grape variety grown in the Lirac AC north-west of Avignon and in the coastal Bandol AC between Toulon and Marseille, France.
Among the most important autochthonous red berried grapes there are Frappato, Nerello Cappuccio or Mantellato, Nerello Mascalese, Nero d'Avola or Calabrese and Perricone or Pignatello.
Nero d'Avola is a black (red) grape also known as the Calabrese, which suggests an origin on the mainland in next door Calabria.
Also known as, Cagnina, Calabrese, Canaivola, Uva Canina, Tindilloro, Uva Donna, Uva Merla.
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Three-way crossing by the late Dr Helmut Becker with Germany's Müller-Thurgau, France's madeleine angevine and Italy's calabrese, also planted in England and New Zealand.
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Famous successes with the technique include proving the identity of Zinfandel, Primitivo, and Crljenak Kaštelanski, and identifying the parents of Sangiovese as Ciliegiolo and Calabrese Montenuovo.
There are many subvarieties of Sangiovese, but these notes deal with Sangiovese Grosso, also known as San Gioveto in Tuscany and in other parts of Italy as Prugnolo, Brunello, Calabrese, Uvetta, Montepulciano etc.
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 See also: Grape, Wine, Character, Region, Variety
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