Amaral (grape variety)

Amaral
Synonyms	Azal Tinto - for more see the Synonyms section
Art	Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color	bluish black
use	Red grape;
origin	Portugal
VIVC no.	818
List of grape varieties

The red variety Amaral (Azal Tinto) is an autochthonous variety from Portugal .

Origin, descent

Is an autochthonous red wine from Portugal. The parentage is unknown. According to the DNA analyzes carried out (2011), there is a genetic relationship to the varieties Loureiro, Tinta Castañal and Vinhão. Despite morphological similarities or synonyms, it must not be confused with the varieties Azal Branco, Borraçal, Melhorio, Sousão Galego, Touriga Nacional or Vinhão.

The variety Cainho De Moreira emerged from a natural crossing of Amaral x Albariño ( Alvarinho ) .

distribution

Amaral is mainly represented in the Douro , Minho , Beira Interior Norte and Beira Interior Sul regions . The global cultivation area in 2010 was 92 ha.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

The shoot tips are hairy with white wool.
Young leaves are fluffy and green. Adult leaves are flat and medium-sized. Your stalk bay is V-shaped. The three-lobed leaves have small teeth on their edges.
The grapes are small to medium in size and conical. The spherical berries are bluish black.

Wine

The grapes are harvested from mid-September to mid-October and produce a very brightly colored red wine with an extremely high proportion of malic acid , which is used as the basis for the red Vinho Verde . The acid content is an important part of the malolactic fermentation of the wine .

Synonyms

Amaral Preto, Azal, Azal Preto, Azal Tinto, Azar, Cachon, Cainho Bravo, Cainho Miudo, Caino, Caino Bravo, Caino Tinto, Cainzinho, Sousao, Sousao Galego

literature

Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, Josè Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
↑ VIVC No. 371
↑ Kym Anderson, Nanda R. Aryal: Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where? National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010 ; Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, South Australia, December 2013, revised July 2014. engl.
↑ Amaral (grape variety) in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grape Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

[Wine_Grapes-1] Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, Josè Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .

[2] VIVC No. 371

[Weltanbauflaeche-3] Kym Anderson, Nanda R. Aryal: Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where? National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010 ; Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, South Australia, December 2013, revised July 2014. engl.

[4] Amaral (grape variety) in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grape Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)