Albarola

Albarola is a white grape variety. It is also called Erbarola, Calcatella or Bianchette and in Italy in Liguria (Province of Genoa and La Spezia ), grown in Tuscany ( province of Massa- Carrara) and in Sicily. The vineyards in the three regions include good 4,180 hectares.

Albarola place along with other varieties in the DOC wines of Cinque Terre (maximum 20 %), Candia dei Colli Apuani, Colline di Levanto and Val Polcéveta use. The early maturing variety is more neutral and is only used as a blending partner. In Liguria, the variety is also used as a table grape use.

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

Synonyms

The grape Albarola is also known by the name Albarola bianca, Albarola di Lavagna, Albarola trebbiana, Bianchetta Genovese, Calcatella or Calcatella di Sarzana, Erbarola, Temosci, Trebbiano di Sarzana, Trebbiano locale and Uva Albarola.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. It is bright green and white wool but without hairy crimson approach. The young leaves are brightly colored and bright green. Only the lower leaf surface is hairy slightly woolly.
• The medium-sized leaves are either not lobed or three-lobed and barely sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is hardly open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are medium in size compared to the varieties.
• The roller- or cone-shaped cluster is small to medium in size (mean 117Gramm ) and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are medium in size and of a greenish-yellow color.

The grape ripens Albarola about 10 days after Chasselas. Makes it one of the still early -ripening varieties. Albarola is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic drawback is avoided, no return delivered to male plants need to grow.