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Nielluccio is a red wine grape variety that is widely planted on Corsica. It is the principal grape variety used in the production of the ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' AOC red wine Patrimonio, where it must by law make up 95% of the blend.〔E. McCarthy & M. Ewing-Mulligan ''"French Wine for Dummies"'' pg 242 Wiley Publishing 2001 ISBN 0-7645-5354-2〕 An early budding vine, Nielluccio produces wines lacking in color and with high alcohol levels. It is commonly used to make rosé wine.〔J. Robinson ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' pg 208 Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1-85732-999-6〕 There is confusion about the grape's exact origins with some wine experts describing the grape as being indigenous to Corsica〔OLN News Desk ''"(Don't spare their blushes )"'' Off License News. April 20th, 2007〕〔 while other theories report that the grape is of Italian origins and possibly even a genetically identical clone of the Tuscan wine grape Sangiovese that came to Corsica from Genoa.〔Oxford Companion to Wine ''(Nielluccio entry )'', Wine Pros.org Accessed: February 13th, 2011〕〔Jancis Robinson ''(Sangiovese )'' Purple Pages. Accessed: February 13th, 2011〕〔B. Daley ''"(Sangiovese, the Italian grape with many names and many wines )"'' Chicago Tribune. July 15th, 2009〕 ==History== The exact origins of Nielluccio are disputed. While the grape is today known as primarily a French, or more specifically, Corsican grape,〔Decanter ''(Grape Varieties-N ) ''Decanter's Grape Guide''. Accessed: February 13th, 2011〕 ampelographers in the late 20th century began to believe that the grape was likely of Italian origins. Nielluccio's close genetic similarities to the indigenous Italian variety Sangiovese suggest that the two grapes are closely related. The grape was likely introduced to Corsica by the Genoese during their long rule over the island from the 13th century to the 18th century.〔J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 129 Oxford University Press 1996 ISBN 0-19-860098-4〕 But this view is not universally accepted with some wine experts, such as Oz Clarke, believing that the grape is indigenous to Corsica.〔Oz Clarke ''Encyclopedia of Grapes'' pg 164 Harcourt Books 2001 ISBN 0-15-100714-4〕 Even Jancis Robinson believed once that Nielluccio was native to Corsica〔 but her more recent works give support to the Genoese theory.〔 To further add to the mystery, there is some belief that the extremely close genetic similarities between Sangiovese and Nielluccio could mean that they are exactly the same grape (or rather a clone given Sangiovese's propensity for mutation). Indeed the German Vitis International Variety Catalogue data base of known grape cultivars does not even give Nielluccio a separate entry, rather grouping it in as a synonym of Sangiovese.〔(Nielluccio ), Vitis International Variety Catalogue, Accessed: February 13th, 2011〕 Still many French and English wine texts, such as the ''Oxford Companion to Wine'', list the grape as a separate entry but with a note describing its close similarities to Sangiovese.〔J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 484 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6〕 While there are very little plantings Nielluccio today on Italy, it is the third most widely planted variety on Corsica. Plantings declined for most of the 20th century as French immigrants from North Africa imported cuttings of varieties common in Algerian wine such as Carignan and Cinsaut.〔 At the turn of the 21st century, as Corsican winemakers rediscovered "indigenous" Corsican varieties, interest in Nielluccio was on the upswing.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nielluccio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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