🍇 Moscato Giallo
White wine and table grape from Italy; one parent is Muscat A Petits Grains Blancs; 22 synonyms in VIVC.
Moscato Giallo is a white wine and table grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Muscat A Petits Grains Blancs; the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 154, admitted on 25 May 1970. Its official synonym there is Moscato, Moscatello, Moscatellone, Goldmuskateller, Muscat, Muskateller. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOCG, 7 DOC and 31 IGT wines, among them Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio o Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei, Alto Adige o dell'Alto Adige (in lingua tedesca Sdtirol o Sdtiroler), Colli Euganei, Corti Benedettine del Padovano, Friuli Isonzo o Isonzo del Friuli, Terre del Colleoni o Colleoni, Trentino and Vicenza. 7 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 360 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 15 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 22 synonyms for it, among them Culupuntu, Fior D'arancio and Goldmuskateller, 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
🍇 Moscato Giallo → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Trentino, 📍 Veneto
- Main grape in
- 📜 Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio, 📜 Tokaj wine region (Slovakia), 📜 Colli Euganei
- Parents
- 🍇 Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
Frequently asked questions
Where does Moscato Giallo come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Moscato Giallo?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Muscat A Petits Grains Blancs; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Moscato Giallo known?
VIVC lists 22 synonyms for it, among them Culupuntu, Fior D'arancio and Goldmuskateller, 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.
- 📜 Tokaj wine region (Slovakia) — The Slovak part of famous Tokaj, with sweet wines from Furmint and Lipovina.
- 🍇 Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains — A small-berried muscat variety, from Greece according to VIVC; it gives aromatic sweet and sparkling wines.
- 📍 Veneto — The largest region by volume: Prosecco, Soave and Valpolicella.
Similar
🍇 Lambrusco a Foglia Frastagliata · 🍇 Manzoni Bianco · 🍇 Negrara · 🍇 Oseleta · 🍇 Dindarella · 🍇 Bigolona
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Moscato Giallo
- VIVC: area statistics MOSCATO GIALLO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Moscato Giallo B., codice 154
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata