white grape · regional specialty
Bellone
Lazio, Italy
Say it
beh·loh·neh
On the palate
Body
medium full
Acidity
high
Aromatics
medium
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How you spot it blind: saline mineral finish with stone fruit and bitter almond
The story
First written down · 77 AD, Latium, Italy
Bellone survived phylloxera ungrafted near Anzio because phylloxera cannot move through coastal sand to reach vine roots, leaving some vines potentially continuous from Roman-era cultivation.
Family tree: PAMPANARO × ?
Where it lives
Lazio, Italy
Shows up as
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