🍇 Liatiko
Dark-skinned wine grape from Greece; 26 synonyms in VIVC.
Liatiko is a dark-skinned wine grape from Greece.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 802, admitted on 22 April 2011. 1 clone of it is registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 2,546 ha in Greece (1999). Samples of the variety are kept in 12 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 26 synonyms for it, among them Aleatiko, Calithino Mavro and Cotico, 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
🍇 Liatiko → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Greek wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Crete, 📍 Sitia
- Main grape in
- 📜 Dafnes, 📍 Sitia, 📍 Crete
Frequently asked questions
Where does Liatiko come from?
According to VIVC, from Greece.
What are the parents of Liatiko?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Liatiko known?
VIVC lists 26 synonyms for it, among them Aleatiko, Calithino Mavro and Cotico, 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.
- 📍 Sitia — The east of the island, with the Liatiko grape.
- 📜 Dafnes — A zone near Heraklion on Crete making dry and sweet reds from Liatiko.
Similar
🍇 Thrapsathiri · 🍇 Agianniotiko · 🍇 Vilana · 🍇 Romeiko · 🍇 Batiki · 🍇 Karabraimis
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Liatiko
- VIVC: area statistics LIATIKO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Liatiko N., codice 802
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata