🍇 Uva Rara
Dark-skinned wine and table grape from Italy; one parent is Coccalona Nera; 22 synonyms in VIVC.
Uva Rara is a dark-skinned wine and table grape from Italy.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Coccalona Nera; the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 248, admitted on 25 May 1970. The register lists the variety as permitted in 12 DOC and 11 IGT wines, among them Boca, Bonarda dell'Oltrepo' Pavese, Bramaterra, Buttafuoco dell'Oltrepo' Pavese o Buttafuoco, Canavese, Casteggio, Colline Novaresi, Fara, Oltrepo' Pavese, San Colombano al Lambro o san Colombano, Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepo' Pavese o Sangue di Giuda and Sizzano. 7 clones of it are registered.
According to VIVC, it covered 608 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. VIVC lists 22 synonyms for it, among them Balsamea, Balsamina and Bonarda, 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
🍇 Uva Rara → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Oltrepò Pavese, 📍 Piedmont
- Main grape in
- 📜 Buttafuoco, 📜 Sangue di Giuda, 📜 Boca
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Blend
- Parents
- 🍇 Coccalona Nera
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Croatina
Frequently asked questions
Where does Uva Rara come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Uva Rara?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Coccalona Nera; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Uva Rara known?
VIVC lists 22 synonyms for it, among them Balsamea, Balsamina and Bonarda, 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.
- 📜 Boca — A small appellation in northern Piedmont with red wines from Nebbiolo.
- 🍇 Croatina — A red grape of northern Italy, the "symbol" of Oltrepò Pavese: here it gives Bonarda wine, a separate appellation since 2010.
- 🍷 Blend — Mixing wines or grape juices of different origins, varieties, vintages or categories; on an EU label the named varieties have to make up 100 %.
- 📍 Piedmont — The Alpine foothills of the north-west, home of Barolo and Barbaresco.
Similar
🍇 Ruchè · 🍇 Baratuciat · 🍇 Favorita · 🍇 Barbera Bianca · 🍇 Cascarolo Bianco · 🍇 Bubbierasco
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Uva Rara
- VIVC: area statistics UVA RARA
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Uva Rara N., codice 248
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)