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Sciacarello (or Sciaccarello, Sciaccarellu) is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in Corsica. It is most noted for the wines that come from Ajaccio AOC which tend to be highly perfumed. It is also associated with wines from Calvi, and in the Sartène region around Propriano. The grape is normally blended and rarely made into a varietal wine.J. Robinson Vines, Grapes & Wines pg 208 Mitchell Beazley 1986 Sciacarello is believed to be a parent vine of the Ligurian-Tuscan wine grape, pollera nera.Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Pollera Nera Accessed: August 18th, 2012 Di Vecchi Staraz, Bandinelli, Boselli, This, Boursiquot, Laucou, Lacombe, and Varès (2007) showed that Sciaccarello (or Sciaccarellu as it is known in Corsica) and another Corsican variety Malvasia Montanaccio as well as Tuscan varieties Biancone, Caloria, Colombana nera, and Pollera Nera have genetic ties to Mammolo.I. D'Agata Native Wine Grapes of Italy pg 332 University of California Press 2014
It makes a highly drinkable, soft and spicy red and rosé wine.
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