Lambrusco a Foglia Frastagliata

Also known as Enantio.

An ancient variety native to the Adige valley, a probable selection of Vitis silvestris (wild vine), whose name has a documented Latin root — Pliny the Elder is cited as referring to a "vitis labrusca quod Enantium vocatur," the likely origin of the local name "Enantio." MASAF's Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite registers it under the bare name "Lambrusco a Foglia Frastagliata N." (scheda 114), with "Enantio" listed as an official synonym — this dataset uses the registry name as canonical, per this rollout's pitfall #1, while the local name "Enantio" is preserved as a direct quote wherever a disciplinare's own text uses it.

It stands apart from the other Lambrusco varieties (which typically have whole or trilobate leaves) by its distinctly lanceolate, fringed ("frastagliata") leaf profile. From 1950 to the late 1980s it was the principal grape of its zone, prized for vigor and good resistance to climate adversity and disease. In Valdadige it is a required component (with the three Schiava biotypes, minimum 50% combined) of the red/rosé base rather than having its own varietal typology; in the neighboring Valdadige Terradeiforti DOC it does have its own varietal typology, "Enantio," requiring a minimum 85%. Wines are ruby red with garnet reflections, fruity and spicy on the nose, dry, full-bodied and harmonious on the palate.