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Bombino bianco

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The Bombino bianco Wine Grape in Italy

Bombino bianco - The Grape and the Wines

The Bombino bianco grape is widely cultivated in the province of Foggia, especially around San Severo, where it constitutes an immense viticultural area, but also on the Gargano and in the area of Lucera. Bombino bianco is also found in Basilicata, around Potenza, where in the area of Melfi it holds an important place in the vineyards. It is also cultivated in Molise and is known in the provinces of Cosenza and Avellino. Bombino bianco is one of the most important varieties in southern Italy, with significant cultivated areas also found in Lazio, Marche, Abruzzo, and even in Emilia-Romagna. Bombino bianco is likely of Spanish origin but has been present in Italy since time immemorial.

In Basilicata and Molise, Bombino bianco is also blended with red grapes to produce light ruby-colored, pleasant, and light red table wines. In these two provinces, it is also blended with other white grape varieties to obtain fragrant and pleasant wines. In Puglia, however, Bombino bianco is vinified as a pure variety, producing a rich, pleasant, straw-yellow wine with a clean taste. It is also suitable for use as a blending wine to strengthen other white wines that are too weak. Due to the large size of Bombino bianco clusters, pruning must be of medium length to avoid weakening the plants. Bombino bianco is characterized by low vigor but very high productivity and grows best on dry, light, siliceous, or calcareous soils, well-exposed and preferably on hillsides. Budding is late, making it suitable for areas subject to frost. Bombino bianco is sensitive to rain during flowering, which can cause flower abortion, and is susceptible to downy mildew.

Bombino bianco a native wine grape from Italy

Bombino bianco - General Info Table

Bombino bianco is one of the   with White berry widespread mainly in Emilia-Romagna, officially listed in the “Catalogo nazionale varietà di vite” since 1970. Its surface under vines in Italy is 1230 ha.
Berry colorWhite berry
Main RegionEmilia-Romagna
Surface under Vines in Italy1230 ha
Synonym(s)Ottonese, Bonvino
Year of listing1970

Bombino bianco - Ampelographic Data

Each grape variety is characterized by Ampelographic Descriptors that define the appearance of its main elements. The ampelographic features of the Bombino bianco grape variety are:
Leaf Features
The leaf of the Bombino bianco grape variety is medium-sized, with five lobes, with three lobes.
Bunch Features
The bunch of the Bombino bianco grape variety is sparse, medium-sized, cylindrical, cone-shaped.
Berry Features
The berries of the Bombino bianco grape variety are medium-sized, of spheroidal shape and with dotted, firm, thick and yellow-greenish colored skin.

Bombino bianco - Wine Features

The Varietal Wine obtained from each and every Grape Variety, features precisely defined organoleptic characteristics. Referred to Bombino bianco grapes, they are as follows:
Varietal Wine's features
The wine obtained from Bombino bianco grapes is straw yellow. On the palate the wine is fruity, mineral.

Bombino bianco - Agricultural & Productive Features

Each and every grape variety features very specific agricultural and productive characteristics, such as productivity, yield, ripening time, the ideal type of climate or pruning system, sensitivity to adversities, varying degrees of disease resistance and many others. For the Bombino bianco grape variety, the main characteristics are:
Ripening timeearly, medium
Preferred pruningshort pruning
Vegetative vigormedium vigor
Productivityhigh

Bombino bianco - Appellations of Origin

The Quattrocalici Grape Varieties Database collects data on all grape varieties that are explicitly mentioned in at least one Italian PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) or PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) denomination. The Bombino bianco grape variety is mentioned in the regulations of the following denominations:
DenominationTypeRegion
Basilicata IGTIGTBasilicata
Bianco Capena DOCDOCLatium
Cacc’e Mmitte di Lucera DOCDOCApulia
Cannellino di Frascati DOCGDOCGLatium
Castel del Monte DOCDOCApulia
Colli Aprutini IGTIGTAbruzzo
Colli Cimini IGTIGTLatium
Colli del Sangro IGTIGTAbruzzo
Colli di Salerno IGTIGTCampania
Colli Romagna Centrale DOCDOCEmilia-Romagna
Colline Frentane IGTIGTAbruzzo
Colline Pescaresi IGTIGTAbruzzo
Colline Teatine IGTIGTAbruzzo
Daunia IGTIGTApulia
del Vastese o Histonium IGTIGTAbruzzo
Epomeo IGTIGTCampania
Forlì IGTIGTEmilia-Romagna
Frascati DOCDOCLatium
Frascati Superiore DOCGDOCGLatium
Frusinate o del Frusinate IGTIGTLatium
Lazio IGTIGTLatium
Marino DOCDOCLatium
Martina o Martina Franca DOCDOCApulia
Murgia IGTIGTApulia
Paestum IGTIGTCampania
Pentro d’Isernia o Pentro DOCDOCMolise
Pompeiano IGTIGTCampania
Puglia IGTIGTApulia
Ravenna IGTIGTEmilia-Romagna
Roma DOCDOCLatium
Romagna DOCDOCEmilia-Romagna
Rubicone IGTIGTEmilia-Romagna
Salento IGTIGTApulia
San Severo DOCDOCApulia
Tarantino IGTIGTApulia
Terre Aquilane o Terre de l’Aquila IGTIGTAbruzzo
Terre del Volturno IGTIGTCampania
Terre di Chieti IGTIGTAbruzzo
Trebbiano d’Abruzzo DOCDOCAbruzzo
Valle d’Itria IGTIGTApulia
Zagarolo DOCDOCLatium