Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo grapes is used in Primatio wine. It is also used in the wine Ronc8tto.
Find out also how to adopt a vine of Nebbiolo.
Geographic distribution
Intensely cultivated in Langhe and Roero and in commonly in Piedmont. Outside that region is widely spread in Lower Aosta Valley, even more in Valtellina. In Oltrepò the Nebbiolo grapes is present marginally, even if it was once more widespread. Oltrepò Pavese was called ancient Piedmont. In 1800, in fact, Oltrepò Pavese was an integral part of the Kingdom of Piedmont and the vine was spreadly cultivated, together with other local red grapes. Oltrepò Nebbiolo is the only Nebbiolo of Apennines.
Morphological characters
Sprout: cottony, greenish-white with more or less intensely pink edges. Winged (1 to 3) apical leafelts (with pinkish, slightly cottony shades). Basal leaflets (4-5) bent, rigid, light yellowish green with more or less auburn shades, slightly fluffy. Adult leaf: small to medium large depending on clones, pentagonal or cuneiform, rarely full, often trilobated, but sometimes 5 or 7 lobes.
Petiole breast generally open or very open, U or lira shape; U upper lateral breasts, generally large and with a tooth; lateral breasts inferior with U shape or, in trilobate leaves, V. Narrow pronounced teeth (very pronounced in the Michet), straight or with one side concave margins and the other convex. The lower side has fluffy flap. Long pike. Bunch: medium, but most often medium-large or large, with wing, elongated, pyramidal; mid-length, robust peduncle. Grape: medium-small, short ellipsoid, with consistent, very pruinose skin, of blue-black color, sometimes slightly violet.
Phenology
Early budding and flowering, medium-early veraison, late ripening of the grapes. High or even very high vigor, shoots with long internodes and erect posture. Average fertility, but very low at the level of the basal buds; medium to high productivity, with great variability depending on the clone.