🍇 Timorasso
White wine grape from Italy; 5 synonyms in VIVC.
Timorasso is a white wine grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 234, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 1 DOC and 11 IGT wines, among them Colli Tortonesi. 2 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 20 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 4 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 5 synonyms for it, among them Morasso, Timoraccio and Timorazza, 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
🍇 Timorasso → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Piedmont
- Main grape in
- 📜 Colli Tortonesi
Frequently asked questions
Where does Timorasso come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Timorasso?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Timorasso known?
VIVC lists 5 synonyms for it, among them Morasso, Timoraccio and Timorazza, 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.
- 📍 Piedmont — The Alpine foothills of the north-west, home of Barolo and Barbaresco.
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Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Timorasso
- VIVC: area statistics TIMORASSO
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Timorasso B., codice 234
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)