{{Short description|Variety of grape}} {{for|the comune (municipality)|Molinara}} {{Infobox grape variety | name = Molinara | also_called = Rossara, Rossanella, Brepon Molinaro | image = | caption = | species = ''Vitis vinifera'' | vivc_number = 7899 | color = Noir | color_alt = Black | origin = Veneto region of Italy | regions = Valpolicella, Bardolino | wines = Valpolicella DOC (Rosso and Superiore; includes Classico and Valpantena subzones), Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC, Bardolino DOC, Bardolino Superiore DOCG | soil = Chalky clay }}

thumb | right | alt=Grapes growing in the Italian wine region of Valpolicella, Veneto. | Grapes growing in the Italian wine region of Valpolicella, Veneto. '''Molinara''' is a red Italian wine grape which accounted for {{convert|595|ha}} of planting land in Italy as of 2010, almost exclusively in the Veneto region.<ref name="Anderson2013">{{Cite book | title = Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where? A Global Empirical Picture | author = Anderson, K and Aryal, NR | isbn = 978-1-922064-67-7 | doi = 10.20851/winegrapes | year = 2013 | publisher = University of Adelaide Press | url = http://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/winegrapes/ }}</ref> It adds acidity to the wines of the Valpolicella and Bardolino regions, which are made with blends of Corvina, Corvinone, Molinara and Rondinella. The wine's high propensity for oxidation, coupled with its low color extract, has caused a decline in favor and plantings among Venetian vineyards, declining in ten years by more than half from an area of {{convert|1301|ha}} in 2000.<ref name="Anderson2013"/> There has been debate about whether the grape is purple or blue. <ref name="Oxford pg 447"> J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 447 Oxford University Press 2006 {{ISBN|0-19-860990-6}} </ref> This grape is occasionally blended with Merlot to produce soft elegant rosés, and Molinara also accounts for {{convert|122|ha}} of planting land in Spain.

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Category:Red wine grape varieties Category:Wine grape varieties of Italy Category:Wine grapes of Veneto

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