Grechetto

Autochthonous

(Locale)

Grechetto

Area type	Autochthonous
Color type	White grape
Vigor	Good
Features	Leaf: medium size, elongated, pentagonal, trilobated and more rarely quinquelobata and even whole; Pectoral breast V-U or lira, more or less open, moderately deep; Upper lateral, elliptical, semi-closed or open, medium or shallow breasts; Lower lateral breasts, when there are, to V, open, shallow; Top page of green color, bulky or wrinkled; Lower face glaze or lightly tomato with flakes; Wavy flap; Swollen or corrugated loins with angles at the top of the rectum, straight or sharp side ones; Main ribbons on the bottom page of green, glabrous or lightly tomato with flakes, especially in the inserts; Medium to regular teeth, in 1, 2 or 3 series, with medium size teeth, narrow and marginally straight and partially slightly marginal, mucronate.Bunch: Medium or small, cylindrical or even winged and cylindrical-conical, clasped or semi-tight and also spatula for casting, greenish sparrows, medium length and thickness, and greenish-looking, slightly toothed, medium-sized And of green color, small and medium-sized brush, of greenish-yellowish color.Acino: medium size, oval, regular cross section; Medium-prunus, yellowish, thin, thick peel, often with visible grapevines; Navel very visible in the form of blackish, persistent; Melted pulp, of simple and sweet flavor; Separation of the acine from the medium of medium difficulty.
Features wine	The color of the wine obtained from the grape vine is straw yellow tending to the golden, and the scent is intense and fruity. The taste expresses a good balance between freshness and pseudo-calorie sensations, sapidity, softness, good texture and aromatic persistence with shaded nuances.
Growing areas	It is spread mainly in the area of Todi but is constantly expanding in the rest of Umbria and in other areas of Central Italy.
History	Grechetto is a white grape so called for the clear Greek origin, dating back to the colonization that brought in the creation of that civilization called Magna Grecia in our peninsula in the 7th century B.C.
Productivity	Media and also abundant, but not constant.
Ripening period	End of September.
Synonyms	grechetto nostrale o greco spolentino, greco bianco di Perugia, stroppa vole, pulce.