🍇 Greco Nero
Dark-skinned wine and table grape from Italy; parents Terrano × Garnacha; 13 synonyms in VIVC.
Greco Nero is a dark-skinned wine and table grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Terrano and Garnacha.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 99, admitted on 25 May 1970. Its official synonym there is (143) Marsigliana N., (934) Magliocco Dolce N., Arvino, Greco.
According to VIVC, it covered 3,030 ha in Italy (1990) and 776 ha in Argentina (1991). 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 13 synonyms for it, among them Grecau Noir, Grecu Niuru and Sambiase, 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
🍇 Greco Nero → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Calabria
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Red wine
- Parents
- 🍇 Terrano, 🍇 Grenache
Frequently asked questions
Where does Greco Nero come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Greco Nero?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Terrano and Garnacha.
Under what other names is Greco Nero known?
VIVC lists 13 synonyms for it, among them Grecau Noir, Grecu Niuru and Sambiase, 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.
- 🍇 Grenache — A red grape from Spain, where it is called Garnacha; the base of many wines in southern France.
- 📍 Calabria — A region in the south of Italy: 10 designations of origin, with Cirò Classico as its only DOCG (2025).
- 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
Similar
🍇 Marsigliana Nera · 🍇 Barmet · 🍇 Retico · 🍇 San Michele · 🍇 Sennen · 🍇 Tronto
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Greco Nero
- VIVC: area statistics GRECO NERO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Greco Nero N., codice 99
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata