Albanello Bianco

Albanello Bianco is a white grape variety that is cultivated in the Italian region of Sicily. In general, it is processed to a good dessert wine in the style of Marsala. This wine is of impressive longevity and good specimens are after 100-150 years to drink with pleasure. Their cultivation is recommended in the provinces of Caltanissetta and Enna and allowed in Syracuse. At the beginning of the 1990s, the area under vines was 238 acres.

See also the article viticulture in Italy and the list of grape varieties.

Synonyms

The grape Albanello Bianco is also known under the name Alablanca, Alba Ella, Albanello Bianco, Albanello Bianco di Siracusa, Alvanella, Alvanello, Arnina Bianca, Arvina and Claretta.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool.
• The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed ( see also the article sheet form).
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical bunch is medium sized and quite dichtbeerig. The oblong berries are small and whitish color.

The grape ripens about 30 days after Chasselas and is thus regarded as late maturing. The yield of the variety is highly variable.

Albanello Bianco is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic disadvantage is avoided, no return delivered to have male plants grow.