🍇 Bellone
White wine grape from Italy; one parent is Pampanaro; 23 synonyms in VIVC.
Bellone is a white wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Pampanaro; the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 23, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 2 DOCG, 5 DOC and 15 IGT wines, among them Cannellino di Frascati, Frascati Superiore, Cori, Frascati, Marino, Nettuno and Roma. 2 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 1,480 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 10 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 23 synonyms for it, among them Arciprete Bianca, Arciprete Bianco and Arcipreto, 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
🍇 Bellone → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Lazio
- Main grape in
- 📜 Cori
- Parents
- 🍇 Pampanaro
Frequently asked questions
Where does Bellone come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Bellone?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Pampanaro; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Bellone known?
VIVC lists 23 synonyms for it, among them Arciprete Bianca, Arciprete Bianco and Arcipreto, 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.
- 📜 Cori — Wines near the town of Cori on the slopes of the Lepini mountains south of Rome.
- 📍 Lazio — The region around Rome: 30 designations of origin, including the DOCGs Frascati Superiore, Cannellino di Frascati and Cesanese del Piglio.
Similar
🍇 Nero Buono · 🍇 Cesanese d'Affile · 🍇 Trebbiano Giallo · 🍇 Abbuoto · 🍇 Giacchè · 🍇 Nero Buono di Cori
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Bellone
- VIVC: area statistics BELLONE
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Bellone B., codice 23
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata