🍇 Altesse
White wine grape from France; 32 synonyms in VIVC.
Altesse is a white wine grape from France.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 357 ha in France (2008). Samples of the variety are kept in 13 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 32 synonyms for it, among them Anet, Arin and Arvine Blanche, 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
🍇 Altesse → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- What is made from it
- 🥃 Marc du Bugey, 🥃 Marc de Savoie, 🥃 Bugey wine spirit (Eau-de-vie de vin originaire du Bugey)
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ French wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Savoie, 📜 Bugey
- Main grape in
- 📜 Roussette de Savoie, 📜 Bugey, 📜 Roussette du Bugey, 📜 Seyssel, 📜 Vin de Savoie
Frequently asked questions
Where does Altesse come from?
According to VIVC, from France.
What are the parents of Altesse?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Altesse known?
VIVC lists 32 synonyms for it, among them Anet, Arin and Arvine Blanche, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ French wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📜 Vin de Savoie — The general appellation for Alpine wines of Savoie, mostly fresh whites.
- 📍 Savoie — An Alpine region in eastern France from Lake Geneva to the Combe de Savoie; AOC Savoie with 56 communes, Jacquère, Altesse and Mondeuse.
- 🥃 Marc du Bugey — Protected EU name for a spirit from the marc of Bugey wines, between Lyon and Savoie: cascade distillation in copper and at least 3 years in oak, so always amber. From 40% ABV (80 proof).
- 📜 Bugey — Mountain wine area in the Ain department: about 450 ha of vines and the sparkling Cerdon made by the ancestrale method.
Similar
🍇 Mondeuse Noire · 🍇 Jacquère · 🍇 Molette · 🍇 Douce Noire · 🍇 Douce Noire Grise · 🍇 Joubertin
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Altesse
- VIVC: area statistics ALTESSE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata