🍇 Ortrugo
White wine grape from Italy; 16 synonyms in VIVC.
Ortrugo is a white wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 177, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 2 DOC and 5 IGT wines, among them Colli Piacentini and Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini o Ortrugo. 4 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 297 ha in Italy (1982). Samples of the variety are kept in 11 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 16 synonyms for it, among them Altruga, Altrughe and Altrugo, 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
🍇 Ortrugo → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Emilia-Romagna
- Main grape in
- 📜 Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini
- Related to
- 🍷 Sparkling wine
Frequently asked questions
Where does Ortrugo come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Ortrugo?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Ortrugo known?
VIVC lists 16 synonyms for it, among them Altruga, Altrughe and Altrugo, 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.
- 📜 Ortrugo dei Colli Piacentini — Italian DOC white wine of Ortrugo grapes from the Piacenza hills, Emilia-Romagna.
- 🍷 Sparkling wine — Four EU categories with at least 3 bar of carbon dioxide; traditional, tank and ancestral methods; Champagne, Cava, Prosecco.
- 📍 Emilia-Romagna — Northern Italy between the Po and the Adriatic: 21 designations of origin, the home of Lambrusco and the DOCG Romagna Albana.
Similar
🍇 Malvasia di Candia Aromatica · 🍇 Montù · 🍇 Malbo Gentile · 🍇 Bervedino · 🍇 Pagadebit · 🍇 Montuni
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Ortrugo
- VIVC: area statistics ORTRUGO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Ortrugo B., codice 177
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)