🍇 Agiorgitiko
Dark-skinned wine grape from Greece; 32 synonyms in VIVC.
Agiorgitiko is a dark-skinned wine grape from Greece.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 2,320 ha in Greece (1999). Samples of the variety are kept in 8 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 32 synonyms for it, among them Aghiorghitico, Aghiorghitiko and Agiorgitiki, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Agiorgitiko → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Greek wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Nemea, 📍 Peloponnese
- Main grape in
- 📍 Peloponnese, 📍 Nemea
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Rosé
Frequently asked questions
Where does Agiorgitiko come from?
According to VIVC, from Greece.
What are the parents of Agiorgitiko?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Agiorgitiko known?
VIVC lists 32 synonyms for it, among them Aghiorghitico, Aghiorghitiko and Agiorgitiki, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 📍 Peloponnese — The mountainous south of the Balkan Peninsula; PGI “Peloponnese” and the appellations Nemea, Mantinia, Patras and Monemvasia-Malvasia.
- 🗺️ Greek wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
- 📍 Nemea — An area of red Agiorgitiko near an ancient stadium.
Similar
🍇 Lagorthi · 🍇 Moschofilero · 🍇 Moschomavro · 🍇 Black Corinth · 🍇 Rochester · 🍇 Batiki
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Agiorgitiko
- VIVC: area statistics AGIORGITIKO
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata