🍇 Roussin
Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; 10 synonyms in VIVC.
Roussin 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 355, admitted on 11 October 1999.
The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 10 synonyms for it, among them Doussain Rosso, Gros Roussin and Picciou Roussin, 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
🍇 Roussin → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Aosta Valley
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Red wine
- Offspring
- 🍇 Neyret
Frequently asked questions
Where does Roussin come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Roussin?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Roussin known?
VIVC lists 10 synonyms for it, among them Doussain Rosso, Gros Roussin and Picciou Roussin, 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.
- 🍇 Neyret — Dark-skinned wine grape from Italy; parents Mayolet × Roussin; 11 synonyms in VIVC.
- 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
Similar
🍇 Mayolet · 🍇 Roussin de Morgex · 🍇 Barmet · 🍇 Retico · 🍇 San Michele · 🍇 Sennen
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Roussin
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Roussin N., codice 355
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)