Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Catarratto Bianco Extra Lucido, and other synonyms
Origin
Italy
Notable regions
Sicily
Notable wines
Salaparuta DOC
Catarratto is a white Italian wine grape planted primarily in Sicily where it is the most widely planted grape. Catarratto can make full bodied wines with lemon notes.[1] In the Etna DOC, the grape is often blended with Minella bianca and Carricante.[2]
^J. Robinson: Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition, p. 101. Abbeville Press 2003 ISBN 0-7892-0883-0.
^J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours, p. 640. Allen Lane 2012 ISBN 978-1-846-14446-2.
Catarratto is a white Italian wine grape planted primarily in Sicily where it is the most widely planted grape. Catarratto can make full bodied wines with...
Catanese Bianco, Catarratto alla porta bianca di Sicilia, Catarratto amantidatu, Catarratto Mantellato, Catarratto Scalugnatu, Catarratto Scarugnatu, Nocera...
grapes, including Clairette blanche, Piquepoul, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Catarratto and Trebbiano, are generally used as the base ingredients for vermouths...
wines; Malvasia di Lipari, used for the Malvasia di Lipari DOC wine; and Catarratto, mostly used to make a white wine, Alcamo DOC. Furthermore, in Sicily...
producers of Marsala today. Marsala is produced using the Grillo, Inzolia, Catarratto and Damaschino white grape varietals, among others. Marsala contains about...
and several other Italian grape varieties on the other hand: Albana, Catarratto, Empibotte, Greco Bianco del Pollino, Malvasia di Candia a Sapore Semplice...
White Airén Aligoté Catarratto Cayetana blanca Chardonnay Chenin blanc Colombard Glera Grüner Veltliner Macabeo Müller-Thurgau Muscat blanc Muscat of Alexandria...
grape. Can be named Superiore if it is cultivated in the commune of Milo; Catarratto: The most widespread Sicilian Bianco grape; Minella bianca: Rarely seen...
variety from Piedmont, which has been grown there since the 15th century. Catarratto: common in Sicily and the most widely planted white variety in Salaparuta...
planted in a low density and produces a dry white wine consumed locally Catarratto bianco comune: a grape from southern Italy, it gives an aromatic and high...
non-native Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah White wines - Grillo, Catarratto, Inzolia, Grecanino and the non-native Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay...
White Airén Aligoté Catarratto Cayetana blanca Chardonnay Chenin blanc Colombard Glera Grüner Veltliner Macabeo Müller-Thurgau Muscat blanc Muscat of Alexandria...
Storchi and A. Costacurta, Vitis 47 (2), 97–104 (2008); p. 98-99 discusses different phenotypes of Vitis vinifera 'Catarratto' showing varying pruinosity...
White Airén Aligoté Catarratto Cayetana blanca Chardonnay Chenin blanc Colombard Glera Grüner Veltliner Macabeo Müller-Thurgau Muscat blanc Muscat of Alexandria...
and a maximum of 30% white grape varieties such as Grillo, Inzolia, and Catarratto. In the Monreale DOC Perricone can be made a varietal (at least 85% of...
Besides Pinot bianco, Chardonnay can be found in blends with Albana, Catarratto, Cortese, Erbaluce, Favorita, Garganega, Grecanico, Incrocio Manzoni,...
a varietal and is most often used in field blends with Carricante and Catarratto bianco. The grape was first described in 1760 by the Italian writer and...
with espalier or "tendone" structures and using white common or bright catarratto vines, eventually associated with damaschino, grecanico and trebbiano...
from the Eloro DOC where it is a minor blending component complementing Catarratto bianco and Grillo. Albanello bianco is often confused with the similarly...
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