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Vuillermin is a red Italian wine grape variety grown along the border of Switzerland in the Aosta Valley of northwest Italy. First documented under the name Vuillermin in 1890, the grape was virtually extinct until it was discovered by ampelographers at the Institut Agricole Régional of Aosta growing in isolated vineyards in communes of Châtillon and Pontey.

It is a late ripening grapevine which can present viticultural challenges in cool climate regions like the Aosta Valley with its shorter growing seasons.

In 2000, there was only 0.1 hectares (0.25 acres) of Vuillermin planted across three vineyards in the Aosta Valley. In addition the nursery planting in Aosta at the Institut Agricole Régional, individual growers in Chambave and Sarre were also experimenting with the variety. While the grape is rarely seen as a varietal, it is a permitted blending variety in the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wines of the Valle d'Aosta.

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