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Quagliano

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The Quagliano Wine Grape in Italy

Quagliano - The Grape and the Wines

Quagliano is a black-skinned grape variety, indigenous to Piedmont from the Saluzzo area, in the Cuneo province, where it is still cultivated today. It has rather large berries, and due to its organoleptic characteristics, it can also be used as a table grape. In the past, due to its diuretic properties, it was also used in the so-called “grape cure.” The name seems to derive from the dialect term “caià,” meaning “curdled,” in reference to the vinification method. The wine obtained from Quagliano is part of the DOC Colline Saluzzesi in the “Quagliano” subzone. The granting of the DOC was in September 1996. Within the DOC, Quagliano produces two types of wine: a still version and a sparkling version. Quagliano wine is distinctive, with a color ranging from cherry red to light ruby, with violet reflections. On the nose, it is delicately vinous, with a characteristic violet aroma. Even more unique is the taste: sweet, pleasantly fruity, and fine, reminiscent of strawberry, both in the lively and sparkling versions.

quagliano a native wine grape of Italy

Quagliano - General Info Table

Quagliano is one of the  Native Grapes with Black berry widespread mainly in Piedmont, officially listed in the “Catalogo nazionale varietà di vite” since 1992. Its surface under vines in Italy is 10 ha.
Berry colorBlack berry
Grape CategoryNative Grapes
Main RegionPiedmont
Surface under Vines in Italy10 ha
Year of listing1992

Quagliano - Ampelographic Data

Each grape variety is characterized by Ampelographic Descriptors that define the appearance of its main elements. The ampelographic features of the Quagliano grape variety are:
Leaf Features
The leaf of the Quagliano grape variety is medium-sized, orbicular, with five lobes.
Bunch Features
The bunch of the Quagliano grape variety is dense, long, cylindrical.
Berry Features
The berries of the Quagliano grape variety are big, of spheroidal shape and with Buccia pruinosa, thick and black-bluish colored skin.

Quagliano - Wine Features

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

Quagliano - 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 Quagliano grape variety, the main characteristics are:
Ripening timelate
Vegetative vigorhigh vigor

Quagliano - 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 Quagliano grape variety is mentioned in the regulations of the following denominations:
DenominationTypeRegion
Colline Saluzzesi DOCDOCPiedmont