Mammolo

The Mammolo grape variety is a black-berried variety cultivated in central Italy, especially in Tuscany. It features an expanded or medium-shaped shoot tip, whitish-green in color with arachnoid tomentum and light bronzed highlights, particularly in the apical parts; the leaf is almost orbicular, medium-sized, trilobate or quinquelobate, with a closed lyre-shaped petiolar sinus; the upper surface is glabrous and bottle-green, though sometimes dark green. The bunch is medium-sized, semi-loose, elongated, and cylindrical with one wing; the berry is medium-large or large, almost discoid and regular in shape; the skin is very pruinose, purplish and often reddish, of medium thickness; the flesh is meaty with a neutral or characteristic “mammolo” flavor. It is a variety of good vigor and productivity. The VCR432 biotype produces an intense ruby red wine that is not very alcoholic but full-bodied. With aging, it acquires a characteristic scent of violets. It is rarely vinified as a single variety; it is more often blended with other local grapes and is part of numerous Tuscan DOCs such as “Vino Nobile di Montepulciano”, “Chianti”, “Morellino di Scansano”, and many others.