Montuni
Montù
Variety of grape
Montù (or Montuni) is an Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Emilia region of central Italy. While ampelographers believe that the grape is indigenous to the plains of the Po river, its numbers have been steadily declining with 1200 hectares (3000 acres) reported in 1990.[1]
There is some confusion about the color of the grapes with the Vitis International Variety Catalogue describing Montù as a blanc grape,[2] while wine expert Jancis Robinson and writers Joe Bastianich and David Lynch describe the grape as a red wine variety.[1][3] According to Italian wine laws, Montù is a permitted variety in the white Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wine of Montuni del Reno.[4]