Spanna

The red grape variety originates from Italy. There are around 100 synonyms that indicate the vine's great age. The most important are numerous names with Nebbiolo and an additional part of the name, such as Nebbiolo del Piemonte, Nebbiolo di Barbaresco, Nebbiolo di Campione and Nebbiolo di Nizza, as well as Barbesino, Barolo, Brunenta, Bruneta, Chiavennasca, Farinella, Femmina, Lampia, Marchesana, Martesana, Melasca, Melaschetto, Melascone, Michet, Monferrina, Morsano di Caraglio, Nibio, Nibiol, Nubiola, Nubiolum, Picotender, Picotendre, Picotendro, Picotèner, Picotenero, Picoutendro, Picoutendro Maschio, Picoutener, Picutener, Poctener, Pruinè, Prunent, Pugnet, Prunent, Rossetta, Spagna, Spana, Spana Commune, Spana Piccola, Spanna, Spanna Grossa, Tandis and Uva Spana.

Parentage

It should not be confused with the Chatus (Nebbiolo di Dronero, Nebbiolo Pairolè), Croatina (Nebbiolo di Gattinara), Dolcetto (Nebbiolo), Freisa or Nebbiolo Rosé varieties, despite seemingly suggestive synonyms or morphological or name similarities. The white variety Arneis (with the synonym Nebbiolo Bianco) is not a colour mutation (or vice versa). There are four different Nebbiolo varieties/clones:

• Nebbiolo Bolla - once very common, declining trend
• Nebbiolo Lampia - most widespread
• Nebbiolo Michet - Nebbiolo Lampia altered by the GFLV virus (brushwood disease)
• Nebbiolo Rosé - morphologically very different; a direct descendant

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