Malvasia Nera di Lecce

Also known as Marvasia niura (dialetto Leccese).

A black grape registered in MASAF's national vine register under its own catalog code (scheda 141), admitted to the register on 25/05/1970 and studied on a clone from a vineyard in contrada 'Romano', comune of Monteroni (Lecce province). Recent DNA/ampelographic research found the Lecce and Brindisi biotypes to be genetically identical plants, and a Ministerial Decree of 30 May 2018 (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 133 of 11/06/2018) formally recognized synonymy between Malvasia Nera di Lecce N. (141) and Malvasia Nera di Brindisi N. (140) in the national register.

Despite that recognized synonymy, MASAF's registry keeps both under separate catalog codes, and Toscana's own Montecarlo disciplinare still treats them as two separately electable blend components ('da sola e/o insieme a Malvasia Nera di Lecce', Art. 2.1) — practical differences are still commonly cited (unlike the Brindisi biotype's slightly aromatic tone, Lecce's is typically described as non-aromatic). This profile is kept distinct from malvasia-nera-di-brindisi.json to match that continuing dual naming, with the confirmed 2018 synonymy documented here rather than silently merged.