Pavana

A red grape once widespread across Veneto and Trentino, whose name is thought to derive from a corruption of a reference to Padova ("Padovana"). Documented by several 19th-century ampelographers, including Di Rovasenda, Molon and Acerbi, it was until the 1950s the most-produced red grape in the Valsugana zone before declining.

Pentagonal, five-lobed leaves and medium-large, one-or-two-winged conical clusters carry large, spheroidal berries with blue-black skin. The wine is ruby red with red-berry fruit and a slightly vegetal edge, savory, slightly bitter and somewhat acidic on the palate. It appears as a named varietal-specification grape in Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT.