Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Albarola: White-wine producing variety grown on the cliff coastline of Liguria, N.W Italy. Has at least 10 synonym names including Calcatella and Temosci. Used to make a dry blend called 'Cinque Terre', (also the name of the 200 acre DOC), or a rare dried grape 'Passito' sweet dessert version named 'Cinque Terre Sciacchetra' (pronounced 'shahk eh TRA') that can include either this wine or another grape variety wine Vermentino plus 60% Bosco. Because the vineyards are on steep, narrow terraces and can only be manually worked, production has declined in recent years. These wines were notable since the 14th cent. and the DOC is on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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