Rossese is a red Italian wine

Italian wine

Italian wine is wine produced in Italy, a country which is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. Italy is the world's largest wine producer, responsible for approximately one-fifth of world wine production in 2005. Italian wine is exported largely around the world and has...

 grape variety that is planted primarily in Liguria. The wines produced from Rossese are a local specialty found around Dolceacqua

Dolceacqua

Dolceacqua is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 35 km west of Imperia, on the border with France...

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Synonyms

Rossese is also known under the synonyms Bianco di Nizza, Rosese Nero, Rosseis, Rossese di Dolceacqua,
Rossese di Ventimiglia, Rossese Nericcio, Rossese Nero, and Rossese Rossa.

Other grape varieties

Rossese is also a synonym for the white grape variety Vermentino

Vermentino

Vermentino is a late-ripening white grape variety, primarily found in Italian wine. It is widely planted in Sardinia, in Liguria primarily under the name Pigato, to some extent in Corsica, in Piedmont under the name Favorita, and in increasing amounts in Languedoc-Roussillon. The leaves are dark...

. There also exists a white grape variety Rossese Bianco.