🍇 Diolinoir
Dark-skinned wine grape from Switzerland; parents Robin Noir × Pinot Noir; 2 synonyms in VIVC.
Diolinoir is a dark-skinned wine grape from Switzerland.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Robin Noir and Pinot Noir. The breeder had given the pedigree as Robin Noir × Pinot Noir. VIVC names Andre Jaquinet as the breeder; the cross was made in 1970.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 350, admitted on 11 October 1999. The register lists the variety as permitted in 2 IGT wines, among them Mitterberg and Vigneti delle Dolomiti (in lingua tedesca Weinberg Dolomiten).
According to VIVC, it covered 112 ha in Switzerland (2009). Samples of the variety are kept in 6 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. 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
🍇 Diolinoir → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Swiss wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Valais
- Parents
- 🍇 Rouge de Diolly, 🍇 Pinot Noir
Frequently asked questions
Where does Diolinoir come from?
According to VIVC, from Switzerland. VIVC names Andre Jaquinet as the breeder; the cross was made in 1970.
What are the parents of Diolinoir?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Robin Noir and Pinot Noir. The breeder had given the pedigree as Robin Noir × Pinot Noir.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Swiss wine — The wine of Switzerland: 14,431 ha of vineyards (2025), 55% red grapes; the leaders are Pinot noir and Chasselas.
- 📍 Valais — Switzerland's largest wine canton, on the upper Rhône: 4,578 ha, almost a third of the country's vineyards (2025).
- 🍇 Rouge de Diolly — A rare red grape of the Swiss Valais.
Similar
🍇 Himbertscha · 🍇 Durize · 🍇 Rèze · 🍇 Carminoir · 🍇 Goron de Bovernier · 🍇 Amigne
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Diolinoir
- VIVC: area statistics DIOLINOIR
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Diolinoir N., codice 350
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata