Bellone

The white grape Bellone is an indigenous variety from Italy. The name is derived from bello, the Italian word for beautiful or pretty. The grape was probably already described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis historia work.

The late-ripening variety is cultivated only in Lazio on an area of ​​about 2500 hectares (as of 1998), where they in numerous Denominazione di origine controllata (short DOC) wines such as Anzio, Cervereti, Colli Lanuvini, Cori Bianco, Marino, Nettuno, Velletri and Zagarolo is approved.

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

Ethnicity: indigenous grape in Lazio

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool with a slightly reddish approach. The whitish- green young leaves are hairy feinflammig.
• The large leaves are five-lobed and deeply sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is lyres -shaped open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are medium in size compared to the varieties.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical cluster is large and shouldered. The roundish berries are medium to large in size and of a yellowish color.

Bellone 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.

Synonyms

Bellone is also among the synonyms Albanese, Arciprete, Arciprete bianco Arcipreto, Bello buono, Bello Cacchione, Bello cencioloso, Bello cera, Bello bassoons, Bello fagotto, Bello gentile, Bello palloccone, Bello piccolitto, Bello romanesco, Bello romano, Bello terrigno, veltrano Bello, Bello verdone, Cacchione, Ciciniello, Pampanoro, Pantrastico, Pociccone, Pocioccone, Uva pane, Pantastico Uva, Uva presta, Uva di spagna bianca and Zinna Vacca known.