🍇 Rebo
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; parents Merlot × Teroldego; 3 synonyms in VIVC.
Rebo is a dark-skinned wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Merlot and Teroldego. The breeder had given the pedigree as Merlot × Marzemino. VIVC names Rebo Rigotti as the breeder; the cross was made in 1948.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 301, admitted on 18 September 1978. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOC and 38 IGT wines, among them Trentino. 3 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 39 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 8 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. 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
🍇 Rebo → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Trentino
- Parents
- 🍇 Merlot, 🍇 Teroldego
Frequently asked questions
Where does Rebo come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy. VIVC names Rebo Rigotti as the breeder; the cross was made in 1948.
What are the parents of Rebo?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Merlot and Teroldego. The breeder had given the pedigree as Merlot × Marzemino.
Similar
🍇 Rossara · 🍇 IASMA ECO 4 · 🍇 IASMA Eco 1 · 🍇 Groppello di Santo Stefano · 🍇 Lagarino Bianco · 🍇 Negrara Trentina
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Rebo
- VIVC: area statistics REBO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Rebo N., codice 301
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
