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    Grasă de Cotnari

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Grasă de Cotnari is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Romania.2

    In 2023 it covered 586 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 333 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Romania: 546 ha (93% of the world total), across 2 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 31%.2

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

    VIVC records 37 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
    586 ha2
    World rank
    333 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 49481
    parentHeunisch Weiss
    parentunknown
    Grasă de Cotnari

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Romania546 ha
    2. Hungary40 ha

    Area, 2023

    8506866325862000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Grasă de Cotnari grows

    1. OriginRomania
    2. AreaRomania
    3. AreaHungary

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    Other names

    Grasa de Cotnari · Grasade Cotnari · Grasă De Cotnari · Koverszolo · Kövérszőlő · Armas · Augstern Resser · Bajor · Bock Tessnersch · Coarna · De Helgras · Dicktraube · El Grasz · Feher Koeverszoeloe · Furmint · Goher · Gras

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

    Other varieties from Romania

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 4948. 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