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History, Geography,  and Culture
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Wines, Grape varieties, Typical products of each and every region in Italy, with more than 90 detailed regional maps.

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Italy's Native Wine Grapes Guide

Pavana

Grape's Data Sheet

The Pavana Wine Grape in Italy

Pavana - The Grape and the Wines

The Pavana is a black grape variety widely grown in several regions of Veneto and Trentino. The name of this variety may derive from a distortion of the term “Padovana” (from Padua). The Pavana was mentioned by Acerbi among the grape varieties cultivated around Trento. Most likely originating from Veneto, it made its way to Trentino through the Valsugana valley, where it is sporadically found as a relic near the borders with Feltrino and Alto Vicentino. In the past, it was also known as “Visentina.” When vinified in purity, Pavana produces a wine of great freshness and modest tannin, balanced by a velvety softness, with aromas of red fruits, aromatic herbs, and a hint of smokiness, reminiscent of Teroldego, another variety from Trentino.

The Pavana grape has medium to large clusters, sometimes winged, and moderately compact. Its berries have a blue-violet skin, with a thick and consistent pruine. The leaf is either trilobate or pentalobate, dark green in color, with long shoots and well-defined conical buds. Pavana prefers schist soils, especially those rich in limestone, and is resistant to downy mildew and powdery mildew, though it is susceptible to rot. The harvest typically takes place in the second week of October.

pavana a native wine grape of Italy

Pavana - General Info Table

Pavana is one of the  Native Grapes with Black berry widespread mainly in Veneto, officially listed in the “Catalogo nazionale varietà di vite” since 1971. Its surface under vines in Italy is 30 ha.
Berry colorBlack berry
Grape CategoryNative Grapes
Main RegionVeneto
Surface under Vines in Italy30 ha
Synonym(s)Saccola
Year of listing1971

Pavana - Ampelographic Data

Each grape variety is characterized by Ampelographic Descriptors that define the appearance of its main elements. The ampelographic features of the Pavana grape variety are:
Leaf Features
The leaf of the Pavana grape variety is medium-sized, pentagonal, with five lobes.
Bunch Features
The bunch of the Pavana grape variety is dense, long, cone-shaped, 1-2 wings.
Berry Features
The berries of the Pavana grape variety are big, of spheroidal and black-bluish colored skin.

Pavana - Wine Features

The Varietal Wine obtained from each and every Grape Variety, features precisely defined organoleptic characteristics. Referred to Pavana grapes, they are as follows:
Varietal Wine's features
The wine obtained from Pavana grapes is ruby red. On the palate the wine is tasty, fruity, herbaceous.

Pavana - 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 Pavana grape variety, the main characteristics are:
Ripening timelate
Vegetative vigormedium vigor