Albanello bianco

In the eighteenth century, the grape was an important component in the rare and expensive Marsala-style wine Ambrato di Comiso.

[1] While plantings of Albanello has sharply declined over the last couple centuries, it can still be found in the Sicilian provinces of Caltanissetta, Catania, Ragusa and Siracusa.

In Siracusa, it is still a permitted variety in white wines from the Eloro DOC where it is a minor blending component complementing Catarratto bianco and Grillo.

[1] Albanello bianco is often confused with the similarly named Albanella from the Pesaro region of Marche along the Adriatic coast.

DNA profiling has determined that there is some relationship between Albanello and the Sardinian wine grape Albaranzeuli bianco but the exact connection is unclear.