Roussin de Morgex (sometimes known as Rossano Rosso in Italy) is an
Italian
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grape variety, native to the western part of
Valle d'Aosta
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in the municipality of
Morgex
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It is a pink-skinned
teinturier
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grape that produced a light pink juice. Although it may by used as one of the autochthonous varieties allowed in the red
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wine from the region,
Valle d'Aosta Rosso, in 2010 it was not cultivated commercially; according to wine writer Ian D'Agata nobody had made wine from it in 300 years.
Since then, small experimental plantings have been made, and a subsequent 20 bottle batch of pink sparkling wine produced by Cave Mont Blanc in 2014 showed sufficient promise to spur further research and planting.
Origin
Roussin de Morgex belongs to a group of grape varieties geographically isolated in the Alpine regions of Italy and
Valais
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, in
Switzerland. DNA analyses suggest that while unrelated to
Roussin, it is related to the
Prié variety, and more distantly to
Rèze
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, from the
Swiss Alps.
Further reading
* Giulio Moriondo: ''Vini et Vitigni Autoctoni della Valle d'Aosta.'' (139 pages). Institut Agricole Régional, Aosta 1999.
Roussin de Morgexin the
Vitis International Variety Catalog.
References
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Red wine grape varieties
Wine grapes of Italy