🍇 Verdejo
White wine grape from Spain; parents Castellana Blanca × Savagnin Blanc; 13 synonyms in VIVC.
Verdejo is a white wine grape from Spain. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Verdejo Blanco, and the name Verdejo is among its synonyms.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Castellana Blanca and Savagnin Blanc.
According to VIVC, it covered 11,352 ha in Spain (2008). 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 13 synonyms for it, among them Albillo de Nava, Albillo Nava and Boton de Gallo Blanco, 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
🍇 Verdejo → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Spanish wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Rueda, 📍 Castile and León, 📍 Aragon
- Main grape in
- 📍 Rueda
- Parents
- 🍇 Castellana Blanca, 🍇 Traminer
Frequently asked questions
Where does Verdejo come from?
According to VIVC, from Spain.
What are the parents of Verdejo?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Castellana Blanca and Savagnin Blanc.
Under what other names is Verdejo known?
VIVC lists 13 synonyms for it, among them Albillo de Nava, Albillo Nava and Boton de Gallo Blanco, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Spanish wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📍 Rueda — A plateau that is home to white Verdejo.
- 🍇 Traminer — An ancient white variety, listed in VIVC as Savagnin blanc; Gewürztraminer is its aromatic pink-berried form.
- 📍 Aragon — North-eastern Spain: 35,051 ha of vineyards (2022) and six protected wine designations, from Cariñena to Somontano; Garnacha is in four zones.
- 📍 Castile and León — Spain's largest autonomous community, in the Duero basin; 16 DOPs and the IGP “Castilla y León”, among them Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Toro.
Similar
🍇 Vidadillo · 🍇 Prieto Picudo · 🍇 Alcañón · 🍇 Parraleta · 🍇 Derechero · 🍇 Albarín Blanco
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Verdejo Blanco
- VIVC: area statistics VERDEJO BLANCO
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata