Albarossa

Albarossa
Synonyms	Dalmasso 15-31, Incrocio Dalmasso XV-31
Breeding number	XV / 31
Art	Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color	bluish-purple
use	Red grape
origin	Italy
breeder	Giovanni Dalmasso
Institute	Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura in Conegliano
Breeding year	1938
VIVC no.	239
ancestry
Cross of Chatus × Barbera Nera
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Albarossa is a red wine that was bred in 1938 by Giovanni Dalmasso at the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura in Conegliano in the Veneto region .

ancestry

Chatus (= Barbera di Dronero ) × Barbera Nera .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

• The shoot tip is open.
• The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and slightly indented (see also the article leaf shape ).
• The pyramidal grape is shouldered, medium-sized and has dense berries. The oval berries are small and bluish-purple in color.

Ripeness: late, ripens about 30 days after the Gutedel

properties

The fast-growing variety delivers consistently high yields.

See also

• Viticulture in Italy

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albarossa in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
2. ↑ Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .