It is a red grape variety, known for its high adaptability and productivity, cultivated both in the South of France and in the former French colonies of Morocco and Algeria and in South Africa. Ideal for rosé winemaking, it produces a rather simple wine, with low tannin content, which has a bitterish aftertaste. To give it a sweeter and fruitier flavor, in France it is vinified together with Grenache and Carignan. In Puglia  sometimes it is used to add intensity to the aromas of certain reds and only in the DOC Ostuni we find it classified in purity: the Ostuni Ottavianello. The Ottavianello vine has medium, pentagonal, five-lobed leaves. Its bunch is medium, pyramidal, elongated and medium-tight. The grape is medium, ellipsoidal-obovoid, with a pruinose, delicate skin and a violet color. The Ottavianello vine gives a ruby ​​red wine that over the years can become garnet, it has olfactory hints that recall dried fruit (hazelnut and almond) and some spices, and a slightly aromatic, soft and persistent flavor.

It is a red grape variety, known for its high adaptability and productivity, cultivated both in the South of France and in the former French colonies of Morocco and Algeria and in South Africa. Ideal for rosé winemaking, it produces a rather simple wine, with low tannin content, which has a bitterish aftertaste. To give it a sweeter and fruitier flavor, in France it is vinified together with Grenache and Carignan. In Puglia  sometimes it is used to add intensity to the aromas of certain reds and only in the DOC Ostuni we find it classified in purity: the Ostuni Ottavianello. The Ottavianello vine has medium, pentagonal, five-lobed leaves. Its bunch is medium, pyramidal, elongated and medium-tight. The grape is medium, ellipsoidal-obovoid, with a pruinose, delicate skin and a violet color. The Ottavianello vine gives a ruby ​​red wine that over the years can become garnet, it has olfactory hints that recall dried fruit (hazelnut and almond) and some spices, and a slightly aromatic, soft and persistent flavor.