Historically known as a native Sicilian wine, in reality the history of Nerello has its roots deeply in the Calabrian territory: cousin of Gaglioppo, it was considered so valuable to be exported from the hills of Cosenza to the north of Italy and France, to enrich the already robust and sustained flavor of Sangiovese and Cabernet. This exporting practice, along with a progressive affirmation of other more successful crops and with a higher production in the short term, resulted in the progressive withdrawal of the Nerello along the other crops: so in the 1800s the traces of the Calabrian nerello are lost in the links of history, with magnificence of a wine tradition.