🍇 Parellada
White wine grape from Spain; one parent is Heben; 15 synonyms in VIVC.
Parellada is a white wine grape from Spain.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Heben; the other is unknown.
According to VIVC, it covered 10,580 ha in Spain (2001). Samples of the variety are kept in 10 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 15 synonyms for it, among them Martorella, Moltonach and Montanesa, 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
🍇 Parellada → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Spanish wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Penedès, 📜 Conca de Barberà, 📍 Catalonia
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Cava
- Main grape in
- 📍 Penedès, 📜 Conca de Barberà
- Related to
- 🍷 Cava, 🍷 Sparkling wine
- Parents
- 🍇 Hebén
Frequently asked questions
Where does Parellada come from?
According to VIVC, from Spain.
What are the parents of Parellada?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Heben; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Parellada known?
VIVC lists 15 synonyms for it, among them Martorella, Moltonach and Montanesa, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Spanish wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 🍷 Cava — Spanish quality sparkling wine (PDO) made by the traditional method in four zones of Spain.
- 📍 Penedès — The heart of cava production, west of Barcelona.
- 🍇 Hebén — An old white Spanish grape with female flowers; according to VIVC, a parent of 117 varieties, including Airén and Pedro Ximénez.
- 🍷 Sparkling wine — Four EU categories with at least 3 bar of carbon dioxide; traditional, tank and ancestral methods; Champagne, Cava, Prosecco.
Similar
🍇 Xarel·lo · 🍇 Trepat · 🍇 Sumoll · 🍇 Macabeo · 🍇 Escanyavella · 🍇 Garró
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Parellada
- VIVC: area statistics PARELLADA
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata