Cococciola Ciavolich

Unknown wine, but with fantastic properties  

It is the classic vine variety/ Italian super-native wine that is poorly known but it has a great quality. Certainly among the precious wines. It is distinguished by an elegant softness supported by a harmonious combination of freshness, total pleasantness and a never filling olfactory intensity. It is a totally autochthonous wine present in Abruzzo for centuries by oral tradition, but with undefined origins and poor depth. It is probably a vine / wine introduced and disseminated through pastoral transhumance. It is mentioned for the first time at the beginning of the 20th century in the work of two French ampelographers, Viala and Vermorel. Cococciola, together with other precious native vines, had almost completely disappeared in Abruzzo in favor of the plant of the most profitable international vines. Later, foreseeing a risky homologation of the taste, some small and medium quality producers have reintroduced it and valorised it on the basis of the typically qualitative characteristics and the low notoriety and uniqueness connected to a limited portion of territory. Initially, Cococciola was used with other local qualities. Today it is often vinified in purity and slightly also sparkling with both Metodo Classico and Martinotti. When produced in purity, it's called DOC Abruzzo.