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'''Nero d'Avola''' ({{IPA-it|ˈneːro ˈdaːvola}}; 'Black of [[Avola]]' in [[Italian language|Italian]]) is "the most important red wine [[grape]] in [[Sicily]]"<ref>winecountry.it [http://www.winecountry.it/regions/sicily/grapes.php Sicily Grape Varieties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006230917/http://www.winecountry.it/regions/sicily/grapes.php |date=2006-10-06 }}</ref> and is one of Italy's most important indigenous varieties. It is named after [[Avola (SR)|Avola]] in the far south of Sicily, and its wines are compared to New World Shirazes, with sweet tannins and plum or peppery flavours. It also contributes to [[Marsala Ruby wine|Marsala Rubino]] blends.<ref name="Jancis">Robinson, Jancis ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' Mitchell Beazley 1986 {{ISBN|1-85732-999-6}}</ref><ref name=OCW-Nero>winepros.com.au. {{Cite web|last= ''Oxford Companion to Wine''| title= Nero d'Avola |url= http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=2196|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080809132054/http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_entry.jsp?entry_id=2196|archivedate= August 9, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=Nerodavola_com>http://www.nerodavola.com {{Cite web|last= ''Official web site''| title= Nero d'Avola |url= http://www.nerodavola.com|archiveurl= http://www.nerodavola.com|archivedate= June 5, 2014}}</ref>