🍇 Mayolet
Red-skinned wine grape from Italy; 4 synonyms in VIVC.
Mayolet is a red-skinned wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 306. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOC wines, among them Valle d'Aosta o Vallee d'Aoste. 1 clone of it is registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 11 ha in Italy (1982). Samples of the variety are kept in 3 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 4 synonyms for it, among them Maiolet and Majolet, 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
🍇 Mayolet → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Aosta Valley
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Red wine
- Offspring
- 🍇 Rouge du Pays, 🍇 Neyret
Frequently asked questions
Where does Mayolet come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Mayolet?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Mayolet known?
VIVC lists 4 synonyms for it, among them Maiolet and Majolet, 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.
- 📍 Aosta Valley — The Alpine valley of the Dora Baltea in north-west Italy; a single DOC with 7 sub-zones and 19 varietal wines.
- 🍇 Rouge du Pays — A red grape from Valais, Switzerland, also called Cornalin.
- 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
- 🍇 Neyret — Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; parents Mayolet × Roussin; 11 synonyms in VIVC.
Similar
🍇 Roussin · 🍇 Roussin de Morgex · 🍇 Cornalin d'Aoste · 🍇 Barmet · 🍇 Retico · 🍇 San Michele
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Mayolet
- VIVC: area statistics MAYOLET
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Mayolet N., codice 306
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata