{{Short description|Variety of grape}} {{Infobox grape variety | name = Carricante | color = Blanc | species = ''Vitis vinifera'' | also_called = Catanese Bianco, Catarratto alla porta bianca di Sicilia, and other synonyms | origin = Italy | regions = Sicily | notable_wines = Etna DOC | seeds_formation = Complete | vivc_number = 2126 }}

'''Carricante''' is a white grape variety indigenous to Sicily, Italy. This late-ripening vine is the main variety used in the Etna DOC. It is usually found blended with Catarratto and Minella bianca. As a varietal wine, Carricante produces a fresh, straw-yellow, lightly fragrant white wine. The name Carricante comes from the Italian ''caricare'' (to load, to burden), in reference to the variety's heavy yields. It is not related to the variety Nocera, which is sometimes called Carricante nero.<ref name=BerryBrosAndRudd/><ref name=NYTimes_FromEtna/> Carricante is grown at high altitudes on Mount Etna relative to other grapes, growing at around 950 meters above sea level on the eastern slopes and at 1,050 meters on the southern slopes. Wines made from it tend to be high in total acidity with a low pH and have traditionally been subject to malolactic fermentation.<ref name=NativeWineGrapesofItaly/>

==Synonyms== Carricante is also known under the synonyms Carricanti, Catanese Bianco, Catarratto alla porta bianca di Sicilia, Catarratto amantidatu, Catarratto Mantellato, Catarratto Scalugnatu, Catarratto Scarugnatu, Nocera Bianca.<ref name=VIVC/>

== See also == * List of Italian grape varieties

== References == <references>

<ref name=BerryBrosAndRudd>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbr.com/grape-ct-catarratto-carricante-blend|title=Learn About Wine Grapes Catarratto Carricante blend - Berry Bros. & Rudd|website=www.bbr.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-08}}</ref> <ref name=NYTimes_FromEtna>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/dining/mount-etna-wine-sicily.html|title=From Etna and the Salty Sea, a White of Great Potential|last=Asimov|first=Eric|date=2016-07-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <ref name=NativeWineGrapesofItaly>{{cite book |last=D'Agata |first=Ian |date=2014 |title=Native Wine Grapes of Italy |publisher=University of California Press |page=234-5 |isbn=978-0-520-27226-2}}</ref> <ref name=VIVC>{{cite web |url=http://www.vivc.de/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&id=2126 |title=CARRICANTE |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 2017 |website=Vitis International Variety Catalogue VIVC |publisher=Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR) |access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref>

</references> ==External links== * Val di Mazara Wine Region on Wikivoyage * Val Demone Wine Region on Wikivoyage

Category:White wine grape varieties {{Wine-grape-stub}}