Frappato
Sign in to saveFrappato di Vittoria or Frappato is a red Italian wine grape variety planted primarily in Sicily. As a varietal, Frappato produces light bodied wines with a distinct grapey aroma. It is most commonly seen as a component of Sicily's only DOCG wine, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, which consists of 30-50% Frappato and 50-70% Nero d'Avola.
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Frappato di Vittoria
- Grape variety.color
- Noir
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- Frappato and other synonyms
- Grape variety.origin
- Italy
- Grape variety.regions
- Sicily
- Grape variety.flowers_sex
- Hermaphrodite
- Grape variety.vivc_number
- 4225
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Frappato di Vittoria or Frappato is a red Italian wine grape variety planted primarily in Sicily. As a varietal, Frappato produces light bodied wines with a distinct grapey aroma. It is most commonly seen as a component of Sicily's only DOCG wine, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, which consists of 30-50% Frappato and 50-70% Nero d'Avola.
thumb|A varietal Frappato wine from Sicily. An Italian study published in 2008 using DNA typing showed a close genetic relationship between Sangiovese on the one hand and ten other Italian grape varieties on the other hand, including Frappato. It is therefore likely that Frappato is a crossing of Sangiovese and another, so far unidentified, grape variety.