🍇 Rollo
White wine grape from Italy; one parent is Sciaccarello; 71 synonyms in VIVC.
Rollo is a white wine grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sciaccarello; the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 211, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 3 IGT wines, among them Colline del Genovesato, Colline Savonesi and Liguria di Levante.
According to VIVC, it covered 11 ha in Italy (2000) and 2 ha in France (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 15 collections.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 71 synonyms for it, among them Ascalon, Baresana and Biancone, 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
🍇 Rollo → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Liguria
- Parents
- 🍇 Sciaccarello
Frequently asked questions
Where does Rollo come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Rollo?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Sciaccarello; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Rollo known?
VIVC lists 71 synonyms for it, among them Ascalon, Baresana and Biancone, 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.
- 📍 Liguria — A narrow arc between the mountains and the Ligurian Sea; 8 DOC and 4 IGT, dry-stone terraces in the Cinque Terre.
Similar
🍇 Pollera Nera · 🍇 Ruzzese · 🍇 Lumassina · 🍇 Scimiscià · 🍇 Malvasia Bianca · 🍇 Uva delle Vecchie
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Rollo
- VIVC: area statistics ROLLO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Rollo B., codice 211
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)