🍇 Frappato
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; one parent is Sangiovese; 12 synonyms in VIVC.
Frappato is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Frappato di Vittoria, and the name Frappato is among its synonyms.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sangiovese; the other is unknown.
According to VIVC, it covered 785 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 6 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 12 synonyms for it, among them Frappatu, Nerello and Nero Campanello, 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
🍇 Frappato → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Sicily, 📍 Vittoria
- Main grape in
- 📍 Sicily, 📍 Vittoria, 📜 Eloro, 📜 Cerasuolo di Vittoria
- Related to
- 🍷 Tasca d'Almerita Frappato
- Parents
- 🍇 Sangiovese
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Nero d'Avola
Frequently asked questions
Where does Frappato come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Frappato?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sangiovese; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Frappato known?
VIVC lists 12 synonyms for it, among them Frappatu, Nerello and Nero Campanello, 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.
- 📍 Sicily — The largest island in the Mediterranean: 24 designations of origin, with Cerasuolo di Vittoria as its only DOCG.
- 🍷 Tasca d'Almerita Frappato — Tasca d'Almerita Frappato: red wine by Tasca d'Almerita from the Regaleali estate in the hills of inland Sicily; Sicilia DOC.
- 🍇 Nero d'Avola — The main red grape of Sicily, Calabrese in VIVC; 11,410 ha in Italy (2000); the backbone of DOCG Cerasuolo di Vittoria.
- 📜 Cerasuolo di Vittoria — Italian PDO (DOCG) for dry red wine from Nero d'Avola and Frappato in the Region of Sicily.
Similar
🍇 Calabrese · 🍇 Inzolia Nera · 🍇 Catanese Nero · 🍇 Minella Bianca · 🍇 Acitana · 🍇 Perricone
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Frappato di Vittoria
- VIVC: area statistics FRAPPATO DI VITTORIA
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata