🍇 Albarola
White wine and table grape from Italy; 30 synonyms in VIVC.
Albarola is a white wine and table grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 8, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 4 DOC and 8 IGT wines, among them Cinque Terre e Cinque Terre Sciacchetra', Colli di Luni, Colline di Levanto and Val Polcevera. 4 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 470 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 4 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 30 synonyms for it, among them Arbarola, Bianchetta and Calcatella, 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
🍇 Albarola → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Liguria, 📍 Cinque Terre
- Main grape in
- 📍 Cinque Terre, 📜 Colline di Levanto
Frequently asked questions
Where does Albarola come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Albarola?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Albarola known?
VIVC lists 30 synonyms for it, among them Arbarola, Bianchetta and Calcatella, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 Liguria — A narrow arc between the mountains and the Ligurian Sea; 8 DOC and 4 IGT, dry-stone terraces in the Cinque Terre.
Similar
🍇 Bosco · 🍇 Ruzzese · 🍇 Lumassina · 🍇 Scimiscià · 🍇 Crovin · 🍇 Rollo
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Albarola
- VIVC: area statistics ALBAROLA
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Albarola B., codice 8
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata