red grape · regional specialty
Sciaccarellu
Corsica, France (genetic origins in central Italy per VIVC)
Say it
shah·kah·rel·loo
The 'sci' cluster = 'sh'; the doubled-l is fully pronounced; stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable
On the palate
How you spot it blind: piercing white pepper and violet lift on a light-ruby frame
The story
First written down · late 16th century, Tuscany, Italy (as Mammolo, by agronomist Giovanni Soderini)
VIVC equates Sciaccarello with the Tuscan blending grape Mammolo, but a 2020 high-resolution SNP study (D'Onofrio et al.) found the registered Mammolo clone to be a parent–offspring relative rather than an identical genotype.
Family tree: Boggione Rosso × Uva dei Vecchi
Where it lives
Ajaccio AOC · Corse-Sartène · Corse-Figari
Shows up as
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Also answers to Sciacarello, Sciaccarello.
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