10 native Italian varieties worth seeking out

Nosiola

Found only in Trentino, production was recently declining due to growing difficulties. Wonderful and crisp, with green apple, floral notes and the intense hazelnut aromas/flavours that explain its name (nocciola is hazelnut in English.)

Try: Cesconi, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Trentino-Alto Adige 2009

Hazelnut, white fruit and fresh herbs, for a fuller bodied version of Nosiola than most. Made from 50- to 100-year-old vines from one of Trentino’s best producers. 16.5pts/20
Price: £15.25–£16.99 Liberty Wines, Slurp, Swig
Drink: 2012–2013
Alc: 13.5%