🍇 Spergola
White wine grape from Italy; 21 synonyms in VIVC.
Spergola is a white wine grape from Italy. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Vernaccia di Oristano, and the name Spergola is among its synonyms.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 364, admitted on 15 May 2002. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOC and 5 IGT wines, among them Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa. 1 clone of it is registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 2,236 ha in Italy (1982). Samples of the variety are kept in 5 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 21 synonyms for it, among them Cagnaccia, Carnaccia and Carnaggia, 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.
Spergola is a small-scale grape: plantings are about 200 ha, and the Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC covered 228 ha in 2021. The DOC dates from 1976, and its white needs at least 85% Spergola. In the glass the wine is pale straw, floral, with green-apple notes and excellent acidity. That acidity is why it is made still and as passito, but more often semi-sparkling or sparkling.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Spergola → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Emilia-Romagna
- Main grape in
- 📜 Vernaccia di Oristano, 📜 Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa
- Related to
- 🍷 Sparkling wine
Frequently asked questions
Where does Spergola come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Spergola?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Spergola known?
VIVC lists 21 synonyms for it, among them Cagnaccia, Carnaccia and Carnaggia, 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.
- 📍 Emilia-Romagna — Northern Italy between the Po and the Adriatic: 21 designations of origin, the home of Lambrusco and the DOCG Romagna Albana.
- 🍷 Sparkling wine — Four EU categories with at least 3 bar of carbon dioxide; traditional, tank and ancestral methods; Champagne, Cava, Prosecco.
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Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Vernaccia di Oristano
- VIVC: area statistics VERNACCIA DI ORISTANO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Spergola B., codice 364
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Enoteca Emilia Romagna
- Reggio Emilia Welcome
- Italian Wine Central