Bondola
Bondola is a red wine variety that is autochthonous in the Swiss canton of Ticino . It used to be widespread there, but was often replaced by the Merlot . Today you can still find around 13 hectares of vineyards (status 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG) in northern Ticino, the Sopraceneri .
The berries of the variety have a very thin skin, so the risk of gray rot is latently high. The wines have a lower alcohol content and a higher acid content than the Merlot. The wines lack structure, but are sufficiently red in color and have a light aroma of violets.
The vine is still used today for the traditional red wine Nostrano , in which varieties such as Barbera , Bonarda , Bondola and Freisa are blended.
There is another variety known locally, the bondoletta. It was selected from old Bondola stocks and represents a seedling of Bondola that ripens a little earlier. The Briegler (Brieger) variety, which is genetically identical to Bondola, has survived in German-speaking Switzerland. It differs morphologically, however, by deeply lobed leaves, strong anthocyanin coloration of the shoots, stems and leaf veins and low yields. It may have emerged from the propagation of an adventitious shoot that was driven out of the root after a severe winter. In 1905 the Ampelograph Fantuzzi also described a white variety. However, this white variety is unknown today.
- Synonym: Bondoletta
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Wine Year 2008 (PDF) , published by Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG
Web links
- Bondola in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .