Bianco d’Alessano is a white wine grape grown in Puglia in its native Italy. It has not much flavour, but plenty of body in my experience.
Where grown: In Puglia the Bianco d’Alessano grows mainly in the provinces of Brindisi, Bari, and Taranto, around the Valle d’Itria (towns of Cisternino, Locorotondo, Martina Franca, and Ceglie Messapica) and in the high, barren, wind swept plains of the Murgia. The most important wines are the DOC Locorotondo (in which Bianco d’Alessano is blended with Verdeca); it’s also part of the rarer DOC wines Gravina, Ostuni, and Lizzano, as well as some IGT wines.
In the vineyard: Bianco d’Alessano has medium sized conical-cylindrical bunches; medium and round berries; it is characterized by its relatively early budding and !owering, which exposes it to the double whammy of spring frosts and coulure (thereby reducing yields).
Bibliography
Dr Ian d’Agata, Native Wine Grapes of Italy (University of California Press, 2014).
Italian Wine Unplugged (Positive Press, 2017), p.160-161