Albarola

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Albarola
Synonyms Bianchetta, Erbarola - for more see the Synonyms section
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color White
use
origin Italy
VIVC no. 238
List of grape varieties

Albarola is an Italian white wine variety . It is grown in Liguria ( metropolitan city of Genoa and province of La Spezia ), in Tuscany ( province of Massa-Carrara ) and in Sicily . The vineyards in the three regions cover a good 4,180 hectares .

Albarola found along with other varieties in the DOC - wines Cinque Terre (maximum 20%), Candia dei Colli Apuani , Colline di Levanto and Val Polcevera use. The early ripening variety is rather neutral and is only used as a blending partner . In Liguria, the variety is also used as a table grape .

See also the article Viticulture in Italy and the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms

The grape variety Albarola is also available under the names Albarola Bianca, Albarola dei Piani, Albarola di Lavagna, Albarola di Sestri, Albarola Trebbiana, Arbarola, Arbarola Trebbiana, Bianchetta, Bianchetta Bianca, Bianchetta del Genovesato, Bianchetta Genovese, Bianchetto, Calcatella, , Erbarola, Gianchetta, Gianchetto, Giunchetta, Giunchetto, Temosci, Trebbiana Bianca, Trebbiana di Sarzana e Carrara, Trebbiana Nostrale, Trebbiano Albarola, Trebbiano di Sarzana, Trebbiano Locale, Uva Albarola and Uva Albarola Genovese .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is light green and hairy with white wool but without a crimson tinge. The young leaves are shiny and light green in color. Only the underside of the leaf is slightly hairy.
  • The medium-sized leaves are either not lobed or three-lobed and hardly curved (see also the article leaf shape ). The bay is hardly open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are medium-sized compared to the grape varieties.
  • The cylindrical or conical grape is small to medium-sized (117 grams on average) and has dense berries. The round berries are medium-sized and green-yellow in color.

The Albarola grape ripens about 10 days after the Gutedel . This makes it one of the varieties that ripen early. Albarola is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albarola in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed on March 10, 2018
  2. ^ Albarola in the INRA database.

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