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    Frâncușă

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Frâncușă is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Romania.2

    In 2023 it covered 277 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 438 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Romania.2

    Between 2010 and 2023 its area shrank by 55%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Alba Imputotato × Heunisch Weiss, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 19 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Romania2
    Area, 2023
    277 ha2
    World rank
    438 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 42211
    parentAlba Imputotato
    parentHeunisch Weiss
    Frâncușă

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Romania277 ha

    Area, 2023

    6213652772000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Frâncușă grows

    1. OriginRomania
    2. AreaRomania

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    Other names

    Francusa · Creata De Moldova · Frankusha · Frincusa · Frincusa Tirtira · Frincuse · Mildweisser · Moale Vinoasa · Mustoasa · Mustoasa De Moldova · Mustoasa Di Moldavia · Poama Creata

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

    Other varieties from Romania

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 4221. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3