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Aleatico

Probably introduced in Italy by the Greeks, this cultivar subsequently spread to Apulia, Latium, Tuscany and particularly to the Elba island.

CULTIVATED AREA IN ITALY

YEAR

1970

1982

1990

2000

2010

HECTARES

2.120

1.390 589 515 206

CULTIVATED AREA IN FRANCE

YEAR

1968 1979 1988 1998 2008 2018

HECTARES

– – 25 30 14 20
Budbreak period: medium.
Ripening period: medium-late.
Yield: medium and consistent.
Ampelographic characters:

Aleatico has a good internal heterogeneity, especially as far as bunch shape is concerned. The sprout presents an expanded, downy, amber-green apex. The leaf is medium-sized, pentagonal, three- or five-lobed with a closed lyre-shaped petiolar sinus. The underside is hairless. It presents a medium, elongated, cylindrical, conical cluster, with one wing. The medium berry, with pruinose skin, has a muscat-flavoured, juicy flesh.

Cultural aptitudes:

vine of medium vigor with semi-rigid vegetation. It prefers dry and windy environments, with good exposure on hilly and loose, argillaceous calcareous soils.

Training system and pruning:

it adapts to more or less expanded training systems with generally long pruning.

Susceptibility to diseases and adverse conditions:

normal. Sometimes it shows green millerandage during cold and rainy springs.

Enological potential:

it produces red wines with a fine and characteristic muscat and berries scent, particularly raspberry and blackberry. Excellent dessert wines can also be obtained from grapes dried on the vine or in suitable rooms.

Clones in propagation:

Aleatico VCR438; French clones: Inra-Entav 802.

Aleatico VCR438
Aleatico

VCR438

Enological potential:

itgives typical wines characterized by a not too intense muscat aroma. Blackberry, raspberry and sweet floral notes are also evident. Good structure. The aromatic profile is enhanced with ageing.

Origin: Campoliveri (LI)
Year of approval: 2009

Vigour
Cluster
Berry
Yield

VARIETY EVERAGE

SENSORY PROFILE

—●— Variety everage

—●— VCR438

aromagram aleatico vcr438
Aleatico

VCR261

Enological potential:

Wine with good structure, sapidity, and persistence; on the nose, notes of red fruits and violet flowers prevail. Suitable for producing intense yet elegant passito wines.

Origin: San Lorenzo in Campo-Loc. Pergola (PU)
Year of approval: 2022

Vigour
Cluster
Berry
Yield

VARIETY EVERAGE

SENSORY PROFILE

—●— Variety everage

—●— VCR261