Assario Branco
The Assario Branco white wine is an indigenous variety in Portugal, where it is particularly widespread in the Dão area. In 1999, a total of 1,148 hectares of vines was surveyed throughout Portugal . It could be related to the Spanish Palomino variety .
The red Assario Roxo variety is also grown in the Dão area , but it is not related. Despite similar synonyms, there is also no connection to the Arinto grape variety .
Synonyms are Arinto do Dão, Arinto Galego, Boal Cachudo and Malvazia Fina.
See also: Viticulture in Portugal as well as the list of grape varieties .
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is hairy like a cobweb. The green young leaves are spotted bronze ( anthocyanin spots ).
- The light green leaves are five-lobed and deeply curved (see also the article leaf shape ). The leaf surface (also called the leaf blade) is smooth.
- The oval berries are medium-sized and whitish-green in color.
Assario Branco is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). According to Paul Truel, it only has female flowers and is therefore not self-fruiting. In viticulture , this has the economic disadvantage of not having to grow any yield-producing male plants.
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literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .