RARE GRAPE VARIETAL RESOURCE

Verdacchiona is to be considered in all respects a biotype of Montonico also known in Abruzzo as Chiapparone or Ciapparuto. In Roccamontepiano, custodian winemakers cultivate this vine in small and ancient vineyards where some specimens have been married to trees (elms, oaks) for a hundred years.
To be considered in all respects a biotype of Montonico also known in Abruzzo as Chiapparone and Ciapparuto. At the foot of the eastern slope of the Maiella massif, custodian winemakers cultivate this vine in small and ancient vineyards where some specimens have been married to trees (Elms, Oaks) for a hundred years. (https://www.biocantinaorsogna.it/prodotto/pe-nin-perde-la-sumente-verdacchiona/)