Brachetto del Piemonte

The red grape variety originates from Italy. Synonyms are Borgogna, Brachetto, Bracelet, Brachetto d'Alexandrie, Brachetto di Acqui, Brachetto di Alessandria, Brachetto di Montabone, Brachetto du Piemont and Moscato Nero.

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Origin

This is probably a very old variety. According to an unverifiable hypothesis, an ancestor was already known in ancient times as Vinum Acquense. The variety, which probably originated in the mountains around Monferrato, was first mentioned in 1877 by the ampelographer Giuseppe di Rovasenda (1824-1913).

Ancestry

According to DNA analyses carried out in 2021, it originates from a presumably natural cross between Muscat Blanc x unknown parent variety (earlier analyses had revealed a cross between Nebbiolo x Bottagera False as the parent variety). It should not be confused with the varieties Brachetto Migliardi or Braquet Noir (both with the synonym Brachetto) due to morphological similarities or, in some cases, the same synonyms.

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