Marzemino

Marzemino is a red Italian wine grape variety that is primarily grown around Isera, south of Trentino.

The wine is most noted for its mention in the opera Don Giovanni, the music for which was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Versa il vino!

Recent DNA profiling conducted at the research facility in San Michele all'Adige revealed Marzemino to have a parent-offspring relationship with the grapes Marzemina bianca in the Veneto,[2] Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso and Teroldego, from Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino respectively, which gives further evidence to its likely origins in this region.

[3] Marzemino is found throughout northern Italy most notably in the Lombardia, Trentino, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine region.

Some sweet passito examples of Marzemino, often blended with other grapes, can also be found throughout northern Italy.

A varietal Marzemino from Trentino
The Trentino region where Marzemino is grown.
In the opera Don Giovanni , the title character calls out for a glass of Marzimino in the final banquet scene just before his deliverance into hell.