It is protagonist together with the\ngrapes Malvasia<\/em>, Addoraca<\/em> and Muscatel<\/em> of\nthe ancient Moscato di Saracena wine<\/strong>,\nwhich today is vinified in purity by some young wineries expressing in this way\nall its characteristics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, this native vine, Guarnaccia<\/em>, gives us beautiful surprises. This white grape for centuries has found a good spread in the territory between the municipalities of Verbicaro<\/em>, Altomonte<\/em> and Saracena<\/em> (Cosenza), in the southernmost part of the Pollino National Park. But now, it s becoming very famous due to the terrific white “Moscato di Saracena<\/em>” wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE FAMOUS MOSCATO DI SARACENA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Together with Malvasia, Addoraca and Moscatello, the white Guarnaccia<\/strong> is used for the production of Moscato in the territory of Saracena<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a very special and unique\ndessert wine that today is a Slow Food Presidium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The name suggests a Spanish origin (like the red berry “garnacha<\/em>” known in Italy with many names, the best known of which is cannonau<\/em>), but the white Guarnaccia is also widespread in Campania (mainly on the island of Ischia and in the province of Naples) and in Lazio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, even if there is no clear historical information on its origin, anyway, it is thought that the origin is Hellenic, that the vine arrived during the period of Greek colonization; it also seems that this particular white berry variety grown in Calabria comes from neighboring Sicily, where it currently seems to have completely disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE VARIETY OF THE “BLACK” GUARNACCIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Black grape variety<\/strong> of Guarnaccia<\/em>\nis widespread in the same territories as the white one and is thought to have\nthe same origin; cultivation lands are also similar. The bunch is medium-sized,\nconical, compact, often winged, the grape is medium, spherical, with a thick,\nmedium pruinose black skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The black variety is a red grape variety of which there is no certain news, with a name that provides more confusion than certainty, since it leads to think of a sub-type of the French “grenache<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, no DNA test has confirmed\nthis hypothesis, although many ampelography<\/em>\nscholars<\/em> consider it valid, while\nothers prefer to hypothesize a native origin, even if not identified with any\nterritory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n No historical document can clarify\nthe origin of the grape, and it can also be considered that like many vines,\nespecially in the south of Italy, it may be one of the many grapes imported\nfrom Greece at the time of Hellenic colonization in the 7th century BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This hypothesis is supported by the spread of the grape variety, concentrated above all on the Campania coast, on the island of Ischia and as a leopard spot in Calabria. In Ischia, particularly, it is very popular and is found in the red wines of the island with the name “Piedirosso<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE VARIETY OF “WHITE” GUARNACCIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The white<\/strong> Guarnaccia<\/em> is a\nvigorous vine at medium maturation (in the third decade of September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the vineyard it shows a beautiful\nmedium-sized bunch, long, conical, simple or with a wing, medium compact; it\nhas a medium berry, from spherical to short ellipsoidal, with visible\numbilicus, a skin of color that varies from green-whitish to amber-yellow, very\npruinose; its pulp is juicy, with a pleasant taste similar to muscat<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The characters found in the\naforementioned vineyard were subsequently compared with those of the grape\ncultivated in the area of Castrovillari<\/strong>\n(province of Cosenza) and with the clones of the ampelographic collection of\nthe state technical agricultural institute of Catania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The outcome was that white guarnaccia<\/em> is officially foreseen in the Calabrian disciplinary of the DOP wines called “Terre di Cosenza<\/em>“, “Pollino<\/em>” and “Verbicaro<\/em>“, but is also present in those wine of the IGTs protection in the territories of Palizzi, Locride, Arghill\u00e0, Pellaro, Scilla, Costa Viola<\/em> (in the province of Reggio Calabria), Valdamato<\/em> (in the province of Catanzaro), Lipuda <\/em>and Val di Neto<\/em> (in the province of Crotone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In assembly with other grapes, as said,\nthe white guarnaccia<\/em> is the\nprotagonist of the rare and special Moscato\ndi Saracena<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The rare wine produces has a\nvinification in purity, which gives raise to a straw yellow elixir with elegant\nfloral, fruity, herbaceous and mineral aromas, intense and full-bodied, of good\nfreshness and acidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further, from centuries-old\nvineyards grown in the Firmo<\/strong> area\n(Cs) at about 350 meters above sea level, the white must of the white guarnaccia<\/em> ferments spontaneously in\nstainless steel tanks: here a golden wine is born, with a soft but fresh taste\nwith distinctly floral hints such as acacia<\/em>, chamomile<\/em> and wild herbs<\/em>,\nelegant and particular and, above all, in a very limited edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1.12.2019 Let’s know a little the white grape that in the area of the Calabrian Pollino finds its greatest diffusion: White Guarnaccia It is protagonist together with the grapes Malvasia, Addoraca and Muscatel of the ancient Moscato di Saracena wine, which today is vinified in purity by some young wineries expressing in this way all … Continue reading Moscato wine of Saracena and “Guarnaccia” white vine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[15,19,27,74,91,30,37],"class_list":["post-2921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calabria","category-wine","tag-calabria","tag-culture","tag-gastronomy","tag-greek","tag-italiantaste","tag-mediterranean","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/smaf-ltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Guarnaccia-vines-2-1024x330.jpg\")
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