The white grape variety originates from Italy. The name means "lazybones" and is derived from a winegrower with this nickname who planted or introduced the vine in the Apulian province of Brindisi in the 19th century.

According to DNA analyses carried out in 2016, it originates from a presumably natural cross...
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