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    Montepulciano

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Montepulciano is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Italy.2

    In 2023 it covered 30,889 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 26 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Italy: 30,699 ha (>99% of the world total), across 10 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 8%.2

    VIVC records 26 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    Italy2
    Area, 2023
    30,889 ha2
    World rank
    26 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 79491

    Area by country

    1. Italy30,699 ha
    2. Australia90 ha
    3. Argentina52 ha
    4. the United States30 ha
    5. New Zealand7.7 ha
    6. Chile6.3 ha
    7. Brazil2.2 ha
    8. Croatia1.6 ha
    9. Canada0.4 ha
    10. Spain0.1 ha

    Area, 2023

    28,72834,94932,90130,8892000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Montepulciano grows

    1. OriginItaly
    2. AreaItaly
    3. AreaAustralia
    4. AreaArgentina
    5. Areathe United States
    6. AreaNew Zealand
    7. AreaChile
    8. AreaBrazil
    9. AreaCroatia
    10. AreaCanada
    11. AreaSpain

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Other names

    Cordisco · Montepulciano (R) · Montepuliciano · Africano · Angolano · Cordiscio · Cordisio · Montepulciano Cordesco · Montepulciano Cordisco · Montepulciano D'abruzzo · Montepulciano Di Torre De Passeri · Montepulciano Primatico · Montepulciano Spargolo

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 7949. 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