🍇 Cortese
White wine and table grape from Italy; 11 synonyms in VIVC.
Cortese is a white wine and table grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 3,135 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 17 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 11 synonyms for it, among them Bianca Fernanda, Corteis and Courteis, 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
🍇 Cortese → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Piedmont, 📍 Monferrato
- Main grape in
- 📍 Piedmont, 📜 Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato, 📜 Custoza, 📜 Gavi / Cortese di Gavi
- Related to
- 🍷 Gavi dei Gavi Etichetta Nera, 🍷 Gavi dei Gavi Gold Edition, 🍷 Gavi dei Gavi Limited Edition, 🍷 Gavi La Scolca, 🍷 Il Valentino, 🍷 Villa Scolca, 🍷 Soldati La Scolca Brut Millesimato, 🍷 La Scolca Brut Rosé, 🍷 Rosachiara
Frequently asked questions
Where does Cortese come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Cortese?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Cortese known?
VIVC lists 11 synonyms for it, among them Bianca Fernanda, Corteis and Courteis, 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.
- 📍 Piedmont — The Alpine foothills of the north-west, home of Barolo and Barbaresco.
- 🍷 La Scolca Brut Rosé — La Scolca Brut Rosé: sparkling wine by La Scolca from Rovereto di Gavi in southern Piedmont; Vino Spumante di Qualità Brut Rosé.
- 📜 Gavi / Cortese di Gavi — A well-known white wine of Piedmont made from Cortese around the town of Gavi.
- 🍷 Rosachiara — Rosachiara: rosé wine by La Scolca from Rovereto di Gavi in southern Piedmont; vino rosato.
Similar
🍇 Grignolino · 🍇 Baratuciat · 🍇 Favorita · 🍇 Barbera Bianca · 🍇 Cascarolo Bianco · 🍇 Bubbierasco
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Cortese
- VIVC: area statistics CORTESE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata