Brachetto

VIVC 15630 · Muscat offspring

Brachetto is a black-berried Italian variety (VIVC 15630) with Muscat à Petits Grains Blancs as one marker-confirmed parent.1 It must make up at least 97% of Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG, one of whose three types is a spumante.2

Identity and pedigree

The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) lists Brachetto under number 15630, with black berries and Italy as country of origin.1 Its pedigree confirmed by DNA markers is Muscat à Petits Grains Blancs × (Avarengo × Bottagera false): one parent is Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, the other is itself recorded as a cross of Avarengo with a variety that VIVC labels "Bottagera (false)".1 VIVC records 11 synonyms, among them Brachetto d'Acqui, Brachetto del Piemonte, Bracchetto and Moscato Nero.1

In sparkling wine

Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG has three types: the still wine (Brachetto d'Acqui or Acqui), a spumante and a passito.3

RuleBrachetto d'Acqui DOCG
Brachettoat least 97%
other Piedmont varietiesup to 3%
spumante processat least one month, including bottle ageing
maximum yield8 t/ha, up to 9.6 t/ha in favourable years (not passito)

Sources: Regione Piemonte and the DOCG rules.2,3

See also

Brachetto d'AcquiRegionsMuscat Blanc à Petits GrainsGrapesAstiRegionsSweet sparkling: demi-sec and douxStylesSparkling redStyles

Sources

  1. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: BRACHETTO (variety number 15630)
  2. Regione Piemonte. Disciplinare di produzione DOCG «Brachetto d'Acqui» o «Acqui» (vigente 2020; latest modification DM 7 August 2019) (2019-08-07)
  3. Regione Piemonte. Disciplinare di produzione DOCG Brachetto d'Acqui o Acqui (vigente 2020; last mod. DM 07.08.2019) (2019-08-07)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19