Nasco (grape)

Nasco is a very old indigenous white grape variety is cultivated in Italy and on the Italian island of Sardinia. Recommended is their cultivation in the provinces of Cagliari, Oristano and Sassari. The main growing area is the lowland and slight slopes at Cagliari. In 1999, an area under vines of 219 hectares has been charged. The first mention of the 13th century suggest that the present name comes from the word nuscu, considered as an indication of the slight nutmeg aroma of fully ripe.

The grew strong and late maturing variety produces yellow-golden white wine with almost 16 % alcohol by volume and a slight residual sugar 12-20 g / l It is used for example for the liqueur -like DOC wine Nasco di Cagliari.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

The shoot tip is open. She is white wool to almost tomentose hairy, greenish white with slightly rötlichfarbenem approach. The young green leaves are hairy only spinnwebig.
The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and slightly sinuate. The petiole is U-shaped open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set moderately dilated in comparison to other varieties.
The cone - shaped to cylindrical bunch is medium, usually shouldered and loose-. The roundish to slightly elliptical berries are medium in size and of a yellow color that changes when fully ripe berries to light amber. The berries have a thin skin and have the flavor of achieving full maturity a little nutmeg.

The grape ripens about 30 days after Chasselas and is therefore applicable in international comparison as late maturing.

The variety is hardly susceptible to powdery mildew and downy mildew, does not tend to the irrigator, and works well with the drought in the summer months deal.

Yields are moderate to high, so that a reduction in yield must be performed by a specific vine training in order to achieve good quality wines.

Indigenous (ecology) Italian wine Erysiphaceae Coulure Pierre Galet Jancis Robinson

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