🍇 Vermentino
White wine and table grape from Italy; 62 synonyms in VIVC.
Vermentino is a white wine and table grape from Italy.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 3,453 ha in France (2008) and 255 ha in Italy (2000). Samples of the variety are kept in 29 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 62 synonyms for it, among them Albanaccio, Barbintina and Barmintinu, 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
🍇 Vermentino → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Sardinia, 📍 Liguria, 📍 Tuscany, 📍 Corsica, 📍 Riviera Ligure di Ponente
- Main grape in
- 📍 Riviera Ligure di Ponente, 📜 Cagliari
- Related to
- 🍷 Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia
Frequently asked questions
Where does Vermentino come from?
According to VIVC, from Italy.
What are the parents of Vermentino?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Vermentino known?
VIVC lists 62 synonyms for it, among them Albanaccio, Barbintina and Barmintinu, 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.
- 📍 Riviera Ligure di Ponente — The western coast of Liguria.
- 🍷 Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia — Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia: white wine from the Ornellaia estate in Bolgheri; vintages 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011 on the site.
- 📍 Sardinia — An Italian island region: 18 designations of origin, with Vermentino di Gallura as its only DOCG.
- 📜 Cagliari — DOC «Cagliari» in southern Sardinia since 2011: eight types, the main grape at least 85 %.
Similar
🍇 Brustiano Bianco · 🍇 Bracciola Nera · 🍇 Prugnolo Gentile · 🍇 Colorino · 🍇 Canaiolo Nero · 🍇 Pugnitello
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Vermentino
- VIVC: area statistics VERMENTINO
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata