This vine is believed to be native of the East and it seems that it has been brought to the island or by the Phoenicians and the Greeks, although recent studies have failed to confirm this theory. In any case, the Inzolia has been cultivated in Sicily for so much time that it can be considered, quite rightly, a vine native of the island, which later expanded in other Italian region (especially in Tuscany). It was already mentioned in the Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder by the name of Irziola and later also mentioned by the naturalist Sicilian Francesco Cupani (1696) and Domenico Sestini, author of Memoirs on Sicilian wines (1760). It is a variety that is often blended with other local species, such as the Cataratto. It has pentagonal, medium-large, five-lobed leaves, pyramidal or conical, winged, sparse on average bunches, thick-skinned, ellipsoidal and with waxy skin grapes.
