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Vernaccia is a white wine grape that is found in many Italian wines but is most commonly associated the Tuscan wine Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Ampelographers have determined that the Vernaccia vine has many clonal varieties but is unrelated to some Italian vines known as "Vernaccia" such as the Sardinian varieties used in the Sherry-like wine Vernaccia di Oristano, the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol red wine grape known as Vernatsch or the black grape used in the red sparkling wine of the Marche Vernaccia di Serrapetrona. A possible reason for this is that the root of the name Vernaccia translate to " vernacular" and can apply to any local grape.
Vernaccia is the name of several or synonym of Italian wine grape varieties including:
- Vernaccia, the white Tuscan grape used in the DOCG wine of Vernaccia di San Gimignano
- Vernaccia, another name for Bianchetta Trevigiana that is a crossing of Durella and Brambana
- Vernaccia, another name for Tintora that is a crossing of Aglianico and Gerusalemme
- Vernaccia di Oristano, a white grape grown on the island of Sardinia
- Vernaccia Trentina, also known as Vernaccia bianca, a virtually extinct variety that was once grown in the Trentino region
- Vernaccia di Pergola, another name for the Aleatico grape in southern Italy
- Vernaccia nera di Valdarno, a grape that is believed to be an offspring of Sangiovese
- Vernaccia nera, another name for the Grenache grape in Marche and Umbria
Usage examples of "vernaccia".
He also bought a flask of good vernaccia, and, thus laden, returned to the farm, and said to Calandrino:—"To-morrow morning thou wilt bid those whom thou suspectest come hither to drink with thee: as 'twill be a saint's day, they will all come readily enough.
To which end he kept a great fire ever burning in the little chamber, and had it closely guarded, and returned not to the abbot until the ensuing morning, when he brought him in a spotless napkin two slices of toast and a great beaker of vernaccia of Corniglia, being of the abbot's own vintage.