🍇 Malvasia Bianca
White wine grape from Italy; one parent is Sciaccarello; 20 synonyms in VIVC.
Malvasia Bianca is a white wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sciaccarello; the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 129, admitted on 22 February 1971. Its official synonym there is Verdana, Iuvarella, Malvasia. The register lists the variety as permitted in 14 DOC and 24 IGT wines, among them Barletta, Bivongi, Brindisi, Cacc'e' Mmitte di Lucera, Castel san Lorenzo, Cilento, Gravina, Leverano, Melissa, S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto, Savuto and Squinzano. 1 clone of it is registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 13,050 ha in Portugal (1989), 9,128 ha in Spain (1999) and 8,811 ha in Italy (1982). Samples of the variety are kept in 28 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 20 synonyms for it, among them Iuvarella, Maehrer and Malvasia Antica, 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
🍇 Malvasia Bianca → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 White wine
- Parents
- 🍇 Sciaccarello
Frequently asked questions
Where does Malvasia Bianca come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Malvasia Bianca?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sciaccarello; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Malvasia Bianca known?
VIVC lists 20 synonyms for it, among them Iuvarella, Maehrer and Malvasia Antica, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
Similar
🍇 Uva delle Vecchie · 🍇 Montepila · 🍇 Morasca · 🍇 Pepella · 🍇 Saorin · 🍇 Verduschia
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Malvasia Bianca
- VIVC: area statistics MALVASIA BIANCA
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Malvasia Bianca B., codice 129
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata