🍇 Fortana
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; 48 synonyms in VIVC.
Fortana is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Fortana Nera, and the name Fortana is among its synonyms.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 84, admitted on 25 May 1970. 2 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 1,109 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 7 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 48 synonyms for it, among them Albanella Gentile, Barbarossa and Brugnera, 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
🍇 Fortana → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Emilia-Romagna
- Main grape in
- 📜 Bosco Eliceo, 📜 Fortana del Taro
- Related to
- 🍷 Sparkling wine
Frequently asked questions
Where does Fortana come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Fortana?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Fortana known?
VIVC lists 48 synonyms for it, among them Albanella Gentile, Barbarossa and Brugnera, 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.
- 📜 Bosco Eliceo — Wines from the sandy lands of the Po delta, including the local Fortana grape.
- 🍷 Sparkling wine — Four EU categories with at least 3 bar of carbon dioxide; traditional, tank and ancestral methods; Champagne, Cava, Prosecco.
- 📜 Fortana del Taro — Italian PGI for light ruby red wines from the Fortana grape in the province of Parma: novello, frizzante and partially fermented must.
- 📍 Emilia-Romagna — Northern Italy between the Po and the Adriatic: 21 designations of origin, the home of Lambrusco and the DOCG Romagna Albana.
Similar
🍇 Malvasia di Candia Aromatica · 🍇 Montù · 🍇 Ortrugo · 🍇 Malvasia Bianca di Candia · 🍇 Malbo Gentile · 🍇 Spergola
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Fortana Nera
- VIVC: area statistics FORTANA NERA
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Fortana N., codice 84
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata