🍇 Groppello Gentile
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; 6 synonyms in VIVC.
Groppello Gentile is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 104, admitted on 25 May 1970. Its official synonym there is Groppello. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOC and 25 IGT wines, among them Riviera del Garda Classico. 4 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 488 ha in Italy (1990). 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 6 synonyms for it, among them Gropello Gentile, Groppella and Groppello Comune, 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
🍇 Groppello Gentile → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Lombardy
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Rosé
Frequently asked questions
Where does Groppello Gentile come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Groppello Gentile?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Groppello Gentile known?
VIVC lists 6 synonyms for it, among them Gropello Gentile, Groppella and Groppello Comune, 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.
- 📍 Lombardy — The region of Milan: 26 designations of origin, 5 of them DOCG — Franciacorta, Valtellina Superiore and others.
- 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
Similar
🍇 Lambrusco Viadanese · 🍇 Groppello di Mocasina · 🍇 Verdese · 🍇 Maiolina · 🍇 Moradella · 🍇 Lanzesa
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Groppello Gentile
- VIVC: area statistics GROPPELLO GENTILE
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Groppello Gentile N., codice 104
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata