Pallagrello bianco

The grape has good resistance to many viticultural hazards including to botrytis bunch rot which lent itself well to the production of late harvest wines.

This is a trait shared by another Campanian wine grape, Coda di Volpe, whose name means literally "fox tail".

[1] Even though both varieties likely originated in the same part of Campania and the two grapes have historically been linked by synonyms and association, ampelographers have determined that Pallagrello bianco is not a color mutation of Pallagrello nero (in the same way that, for example, Pinot blanc is a color mutation of Pinot noir) though DNA profiling has yet to determine exactly how the two grapes may be related.

[1] Today Pallagrello bianco is grown almost exclusively in the Campania region, particularly in the province of Caserta where it has a long historical association with.

While often blended the grape can be made in a varietal style that is produced both in unoaked or stainless steel tanks of barrel fermented like Chardonnay.

Pallagrello bianco was one of the grape varieties included by architect Luigi Vanvitelli in his 1775 Vigna del Ventaglio vineyard for the royal palace at Caserta.
While Pallagrello bianco is thought to have originated somewhere between the communes of Piedimonte Matese and Alife in the north eastern reaches of the province of Caserta, today plantings of the grapes are more likely to be found further south in the province around communes like Caiazzo.