🍇 Gaglioppo
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; parents Sangiovese × Mantonico Bianco; 36 synonyms in VIVC.
Gaglioppo is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Sangiovese and Mantonico Bianco.
According to VIVC, it covered 3,703 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 5 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 36 synonyms for it, among them Aglianico di Cassano, Arvino and Cirotana, 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
🍇 Gaglioppo → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Calabria, 📍 Cirò
- Main grape in
- 📍 Cirò, 📜 Sant'Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto, 📜 Savuto, 📜 Bivongi, 📍 Calabria, 📜 Cirò Classico, 📜 Melissa, 📜 Lamezia
- Related to
- 📜 Terre di Cosenza
- Parents
- 🍇 Sangiovese, 🍇 Mantonico Bianco
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Magliocco Dolce
Frequently asked questions
Where does Gaglioppo come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Gaglioppo?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Sangiovese and Mantonico Bianco.
Under what other names is Gaglioppo known?
VIVC lists 36 synonyms for it, among them Aglianico di Cassano, Arvino and Cirotana, 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.
- 📍 Calabria — A region in the south of Italy: 10 designations of origin, with Cirò Classico as its only DOCG (2025).
- 🍇 Magliocco Dolce — A dark-berried wine grape variety from Calabria (Italy); the main red grape of the DOC Terre di Cosenza, where it is simply called Magliocco.
- 📍 Cirò — A coastal area, home of Calabria's oldest wine.
- 📜 Lamezia — A Calabrian DOC (PDO) around Lamezia Terme: red, rosé, white, passito and sparkling wines, plus Greco Nero, Gaglioppo, Greco and Mantonico.
Similar
🍇 Magliocco Canino · 🍇 Greco Bianco · 🍇 Magliocco Dolce · 🍇 Prunesta · 🍇 Guardavalle · 🍇 Brettio Nero
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Gaglioppo
- VIVC: area statistics GAGLIOPPO
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata