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Nocera is a dark black Italian grape variety producing deeply colored, high acidity wines. It originates from the north eastern region of Sicily and is now also grown in Calabria. It is an allowed component of five DOC wines (Bivongi, Mamertino di Milazzo, Sicilia, Faro, and S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto) as well as 15 IGT wines. It has good vigor but poor disease resistance.

Synonyms

Barbe du sultan, Carricante nero, Nerelli, Nicera, Nocera de catane, Nocera di catania, Nocera mantonico, Nocera nera di milazzo, Nucera, Nucera niura

See also

• List of Italian grape varieties

References

1. D'Agata, Ian (2014). Native Wine Grapes of Italy. University of California Press. p. 374-5. ISBN 978-0-520-27226-2.
2. "Informazioni sulla varietà Nocera". Registro Nazionale della Varietà di Vite. Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
3. "Scheda Ampelografica Nocera". Registro Nazionale della Varietà di Vite. Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
4. "NOCERA". Vitis International Variety Catalogue VIVC. Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR). August 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-12.

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