Bellone

Typical grape of the Castelli Romani area and of the area between Latina and Velletri, Bellone is one of the oldest varieties of the Agro Pontino, traditionally used together with Malvasia and Trebbiano to obtain excellent table wines, but which today is increasingly being vinified in purity to give fresh and fruity wines. It is common to find it within the Marino and Nettuno DOC appellations. Grape also mentioned by Pliny the Elder who used to describe it as "pantastic", is an evolution in large bunches of Belli, a family of vines very common in the province of Rome. It is also known by the names "archpriest" and "cacchione" and was for some time at the base of the passito Cannellino di Frascati DOCG, now supplanted by the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes.