Pecorino (grape)
Italian grape variety
Pecorino is a white Italian wine grape variety that grows in the Marche, Abruzzo, Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio regions of Italy. Ampelographers believe that the grape is likely native to Marche, where the soil destined for this cultivation increases every year. This grape variety is used to produce the DOCG (denominazione di origine controllata e garantita) wines, like the Offida Pecorino DOCG, and the DOC (denominazione di origine controllata) wines, like the Falerio dei Colli Ascolani, the Colli Maceratesi and the Falerio dei Colli Ascolani.
Today, more than 20 qualities of wine are derived from this grape.
History
Native of Arquata del Tronto in the Ascoli Piceno province in the Marche. Ampelographers believe that Pecorino is a very old variety that, originated by Benedictine monks cross as a wild grapevine growing in Arquata del Tronto that was eventually domesticated for wine production. The name is direct link between the Pecorino grape and pecorino cheese. Ampelographers believe that the grape's name derives from the Italian word pecorino.
Starting in the late 19th century, Count Gallo, the leading local winemaker, began to associate the term Pecorino with Verdicchio Bastardo Bianco di Arquata, both to distinguish it from the Verdicchio of the same name and because the term Bastardo was considered a negative term at the time.
In 1903, the agronomist Salvatore Mondini published "Foreign Wine Grape Varieties Cultivated in Italy," a leading technical text of the time.
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