Hybrid grape varieties (see Hybrid grapes) or "hybrids" is, in fact, the popular term for a subset of what are properly known as hybrids, specifically crossings between one species of the genusVitis and another. The scientific definition of a hybrid grape is any crossing (intra- or inter-specific) of two grape varieties. In keeping with the popular definition, however, the ones listed below are inter-specific hybrids where one parent is a European grape. Most of these are complex mixtures of three or more species and all parents are not always clearly known.
↑The Ruffino family claims to be the only producer of Mataòssu, claiming both that Mataòssu and Lumassina are separate (but closely related) varieties, and that other wines labeled Mataòssu are in fact Lumassina. Others state that Mataòssu and Lumassina are different names for the same variety.
References
↑Robinson, Jancis; Harding, Julia; Vouillamoz, José (2012). Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours. New York: Allen Lane. ISBN978-0062206367.
↑"The European Vitis Database". www.eu-vitis.de. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
123"Vitis International Variety Catalogue". www.vivc.de. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
