Vermentino nero is a very rare red wine variety that is grown in small quantities exclusively in the Italian province of Massa-Carrara (the northwestern coastal region of Tuscany). At the beginning of the 1990s, the vineyard area surveyed was 164 hectares.
In ampelography the habitus is described as follows:
The shoot tip is open. It has white hair and a reddish color. The greenish young leaves are slightly woolly hairy on the underside.
The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and have medium-deep grooves. The stem bay is U-shaped or open in the shape of a lyre. The leaf is serrate. The teeth are set medium-wide compared to other grape varieties.
The pyramidal-shaped grape is large, shouldered and moderately densely berries. The rounded berries are medium to large and blue-black in color. The juicy berries have a neutral taste.
The Vermentino nero grape variety ripens approx. 25 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered late in international comparison maturing.
