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Grecanico

Grecanico has been cultivated in Sicily for centuries: in 1696, the great Sicilian botanist Francesco Cupani described it for the first time. Before the phylloxera plague, it was grown throughout the island. Today its fame is linked to Western Sicily, but also on Mount Etna it has never been abandoned.

The plant has leaves with medium vigour. The bunch is of medium size, conical, more or less elongated, with one or two wings. The berries are spherical, slightly flattened, golden yellow.

Genetic studies published in 2008 have confirmed an already widespread hypothesis: Grecanico is the same grape which is known in the Veneto region (Northern Italy) since the Middle Ages as Garganega. One synonym refers to Greece, the other one to the Gargano (an area in the far Southeast of mainland Italy), as if to confirm the ancient cultural exchanges that built the viticultural landscape of the Mediterranean.