🍇 Petit Rouge
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; 22 synonyms in VIVC.
Petit Rouge is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 186, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOC wines, among them Valle d'Aosta o Vallee d'Aoste. 4 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 119 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 7 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 22 synonyms for it, among them Oriou, Petiou Rodze and Picciou Oriou, 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
🍇 Petit Rouge → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Aosta Valley
- Main grape in
- 📍 Aosta Valley
- Related to
- 🍷 Les Crêtes Torrette Superiore, 🍷 Les Crêtes Torrette, 🍷 Les Crêtes Rosé
- Offspring
- 🍇 Rouge du Pays
Frequently asked questions
Where does Petit Rouge come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Petit Rouge?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Petit Rouge known?
VIVC lists 22 synonyms for it, among them Oriou, Petiou Rodze and Picciou Oriou, 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.
- 🍷 Les Crêtes Torrette Superiore — Les Crêtes Torrette Superiore: red wine by Les Crêtes from Aymavilles in the Aosta Valley; Valle d’Aosta DOC Torrette Superiore.
- 🍇 Rouge du Pays — A red grape from Valais, Switzerland, also called Cornalin.
- 🍷 Les Crêtes Torrette — Les Crêtes Torrette: red wine by Les Crêtes from Aymavilles in the Aosta Valley; Valle d’Aosta DOC Torrette.
Similar
🍇 Cornalin d'Aoste · 🍇 Mayolet · 🍇 Vien de Nus · 🍇 Vuillermin · 🍇 Roussin de Morgex · 🍇 Premetta
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Petit Rouge
- VIVC: area statistics PETIT ROUGE
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Petit Rouge N., codice 186
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)