🍇 Picolit
White wine grape from Italy; 31 synonyms in VIVC.
Picolit is a white wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 188, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOCG, 1 DOC and 3 IGT wines, among them Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit and Collio Goriziano o Collio. 5 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 282 ha in Italy (1982). Samples of the variety are kept in 20 collections. Its flowers are female. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 31 synonyms for it, among them Balafant, Blaustingl Weiss and Kek Nyelii, 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
🍇 Picolit → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- What is made from it
- 🥃 Nonino
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 📍 Friuli Colli Orientali
- Main grape in
- 📜 Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit, 📍 Friuli Colli Orientali
Frequently asked questions
Where does Picolit come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Picolit?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Picolit known?
VIVC lists 31 synonyms for it, among them Balafant, Blaustingl Weiss and Kek Nyelii, 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.
- 📍 Friuli Colli Orientali — DOC of the eastern hills of Friuli in the province of Udine, with five subzones.
- 📍 Friuli-Venezia Giulia — North-east Italy between the Alps and the Adriatic: 30,574 ha of vineyards, with Collio, Isonzo, Grave and Carso zones.
- 🥃 Nonino — Italian family distillery and grappa brand from Percoto (Friuli); history from 1897; in 1973 it created the first single-varietal grappa; also makes Ùe, a grape distillate, and Amaro Nonino.
- 📜 Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit — A sweet white DOCG wine from the Picolit grape (at least 85%), made in the hills of eastern Friuli.
Similar
🍇 Verduzzo Friulano · 🍇 Schioppettino · 🍇 Soreli · 🍇 Pinot Iskra · 🍇 Piculit Neri · 🍇 Paulsen 1103
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Picolit
- VIVC: area statistics PICOLIT
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Picolit B., codice 188
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)