🍇 Kotsifali
Dark-skinned wine grape from Greece; 11 synonyms in VIVC.
Kotsifali is a dark-skinned wine grape from Greece.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 1,264 ha in Greece (2008). Samples of the variety are kept in 9 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 11 synonyms for it, among them Corfiatico, Corfiatis and Korfiatiko, 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
🍇 Kotsifali → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Greek wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Crete, 📍 Heraklion (Peza, Archanes)
- Main grape in
- 📜 Archanes, 📍 Heraklion (Peza, Archanes), 📍 Crete, 📜 Peza
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Mandilaria
Frequently asked questions
Where does Kotsifali come from?
According to VIVC, from Greece.
What are the parents of Kotsifali?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Kotsifali known?
VIVC lists 11 synonyms for it, among them Corfiatico, Corfiatis and Korfiatiko, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Greek wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 Crete — Greece's largest island, with wine since Minoan times: 7 designations of origin and 6 regional wines; main grapes Vilana, Kotsifali, Mandilaria, Liatiko.
- 🍇 Mandilaria — A late red grape of the Greek islands; 682 ha in Greece (2008); with Kotsifali, the grape of PDO Archanes on Crete.
- 📍 Heraklion (Peza, Archanes) — The centre of the island, Crete's main wine zone.
- 📜 Peza — Whites from Vilana and reds from Kotsifali and Mandilaria from the hills south of Heraklion.
Similar
🍇 Vilana · 🍇 Mandilaria · 🍇 Thrapsathiri · 🍇 Vidiano · 🍇 Agianniotiko · 🍇 Liatiko
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Kotsifali
- VIVC: area statistics KOTSIFALI
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata