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Misteri Sumu Kaw Vineyard Nerello Mascalese
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From Brian Harrington:
In 2015, cuttings from a vine thought to be Nerello Mascalese were sourced from a vineyard in Sicily’s Mount Etna. The cuttings were shipped to California, government quarantined for two years then planted at Sumu Kaw Vineyard. After a year in the ground DNA testing found the vine not to be Nerello Mascalese but an unknown variety which does not match any of the over 28,000 grapevine varieties in the viticultural DNA database. Grapes from this “no name“ vine were used to make the singular wine which is truly a “mystery of Mount Etna“.
From Brian Harrington:
In 2015, cuttings from a vine thought to be Nerello Mascalese were sourced from a vineyard in Sicily’s Mount Etna. The cuttings were shipped to California, government quarantined for two years then planted at Sumu Kaw Vineyard. After a year in the ground DNA testing found the vine not to be Nerello Mascalese but an unknown variety which does not match any of the over 28,000 grapevine varieties in the viticultural DNA database. Grapes from this “no name“ vine were used to make the singular wine which is truly a “mystery of Mount Etna“.
The mystery varietal… suitcase clone from Mt Etna, even UC Davis was stumped, apparently
The mystery varietal… suitcase clone from Mt Etna, even UC Davis was stumped, apparently
May 16th, 2021