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    Nero d'Avola

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Nero d'Avola is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Italy.2

    In 2023 it covered 20,192 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 40 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Italy: 19,972 ha (99% of the world total), across 8 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 78%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Sangiovese × unknown, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 3 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    Italy2
    Area, 2023
    20,192 ha2
    World rank
    40 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 223151
    parentSangiovese
    parentunknown
    Nero d'Avola

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Italy19,972 ha
    2. Hungary119 ha
    3. Australia100 ha
    4. Uruguay1.5 ha
    5. Argentina0.3 ha
    6. Poland0.1 ha
    7. Spain0.1 ha
    8. Switzerland0.1 ha

    Area, 2023

    11,32316,64914,25820,1922000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Nero d'Avola grows

    1. OriginItaly
    2. AreaItaly
    3. AreaHungary
    4. AreaAustralia
    5. AreaUruguay
    6. AreaArgentina
    7. AreaPoland
    8. AreaSpain
    9. AreaSwitzerland

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    Other names

    Calabrese · Calabrese (R) · Nero · Nero D'Avola · Nero Davola · Calabrese Montenuovo · Nero D'avola · Sangiovese

    Parents

    Other varieties from Italy

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 22315. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3