Rondinella

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}

{{For|Italian football club|Rondinella Calcio}}

{{For|Surname|Rondinella (surname)}}

{{Infobox grape variety

| name = Rondinella

| vivc_number = 10189

| image =

| caption =

| species = Vitis vinifera

| 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

| wine_general = Unremarkable, high yield, light-bodied

}}

Rondinella is an Italian wine grape variety. Almost all of the total global growing area of {{convert|2481|ha}} is in the Veneto region of northern Italy,{{Cite book

| title = Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where? A Global Empirical Picture

| author = Anderson, K and Aryal, NR

| year = 2013

| publisher = University of Adelaide Press

| isbn = 978-1-922064-67-7

| doi = 10.20851/winegrapes

| hdl = 2440/81592

| url = http://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/winegrapes/

}} and the grapes are used in wines from the Valpolicella and Bardolino wine regions. Rondinella always appears in these wines blended with Corvina (which DNA evidence has shown to be a parent variety), as a secondary constituent along with Corvinone and Molinara. The grape has rather neutral flavors but is favored by growers due to its prolific yields.{{Cite book

| title = The Oxford Companion To Wine, 4th ed.

| editor = Robinson, J

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| date = 2015

| isbn = 978-0-198705-38-3

| page = 625

}} The vine is very resistant to grape disease and produces grapes that, while they do not necessarily have high sugar levels, do dry out well for use in the production of Valpolicella straw wine styles such as Recioto and Amarone.{{Cite book

| title = Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes

| author = Clarke, O and Rand, M

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ReJJAAAAYAAJ

| year = 2001

| publisher = Harcourt

| isbn = 978-0-151007-14-1

| lccn = 2001281478

| page = 203

}}