Catarratto Bianco Lucido

the bud has an expanded apex, it is cottony and greenish-white with a slight carmine-coloured marbling. The small to medium-sized, orbicular, five-lobed leaves have a v-shaped petiolar sinus, closed with overlapping edges. The underside is glabrous. The cluster is compact, medium in size, elongated and cylindrical. The medium- or small-sized (smaller than bianco comune), spheroidal or ellipsoidal berry has thick, pruinose skin and a sweet-flavoured flesh.

vigorous vine with a semi-upright growth habit. It prefers hot and dry climates and not too fertile soils, better if hilly.

it prefers training systems with limited growth such as guyot or gobelet. Canopy management must be very careful, being this variety very susceptible to botrytis.

susceptible to botrytis and sour rot, less susceptible to downy and powdery mildew.

it gives wines of a deep straw-yellow colour, often amber-coloured. The flavor is dry. If harvested early, the product it brings about is a straw-yellow-coloured wine, with greenish highlights and a fruity delicate and fresh scent. Good acidity.