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Italy's Native Wine Grapes Guide

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3

Grape's Data Sheet

The Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 Wine Grape in Italy

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 - The Grape and the Wines

The Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety is one of the clones obtained by crossing Trebbiano and Traminer Aromatico, designed and experimented by Professor Luigi Manzoni, who was the principal of the Conegliano School of Enology at the time. These experiments were conducted in the 1930s on the genetic improvement of vines through crossbreeding and hybridization. Incrocio Manzoni 1.50, also known as “Manzoni Rosa,” has pink berries, while Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 has white berries. Vinification of the Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grapes produces a straw-yellow wine with greenish reflections. On the nose, it is fruity with citrus notes of pink grapefruit and floral and spicy hints. On the palate, it is fresh and savory, with good body and herbaceous and spicy retro-olfactory notes.

incrocio manzoni 2.3 an italian wine grape

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 - General Info Table

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 is one of the  Hybrid grapes and crosses with White berry widespread mainly in Veneto, officially listed in the “Catalogo nazionale varietà di vite” since 2011. Its surface under vines in Italy is 2 ha.
Berry colorWhite berry
Grape CategoryHybrid grapes and crosses
Main RegionVeneto
Surface under Vines in Italy2 ha
Varietal GroupIncroci Manzoni
Parent GrapesTrebbiano Toscano, Traminer aromatico
Year of listing2011

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 - Ampelographic Data

Each grape variety is characterized by Ampelographic Descriptors that define the appearance of its main elements. The ampelographic features of the Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety are:
Leaf Features
The leaf of the Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety is medium-sized, small, pentagonal, with five lobes.
Bunch Features
The bunch of the Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety is medium-sized, pyramidal.
Berry Features
The berries of the Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety are , of spheroidal shape and with dotted and yellow-greenish colored skin.

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 - Wine Features

The Varietal Wine obtained from each and every Grape Variety, features precisely defined organoleptic characteristics. Referred to Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grapes, they are as follows:
Varietal Wine's features
The wine obtained from Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grapes is . On the palate the wine is fresh, tasty, spicy.

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 - 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 Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety, the main characteristics are:
Ripening timemedium
Vegetative vigorhigh vigor
Productivityfair

Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 - 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 Incrocio Manzoni 2.3 grape variety is mentioned in the regulations of the following denominations:
DenominationTypeRegion
Colli Trevigiani IGTIGTVeneto