Coda di Volpe Bianco

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Coda di Volpe Bianco
Synonyms Falerno, Alopecis - for more see the Synonyms section
Coda di Volpe Bianco
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color whitish-gray
use
origin Italy
known since 1592
VIVC no. 24632
List of grape varieties

The old autochthonous white wine variety Coda di Volpe Bianco (in Latin: “caudia vulpium”) is cultivated around Naples in the Italian region of Campania .

Origin, descent

It is a very old grape variety, as it was first mentioned in 1592 by the scholar Giovanni Battista della Porta (1535-1615).

The term “caudia vulpium” was first used by Pliny the Elder when he compared the shape of the ancient grape variety 'Alopecis' with the shape of a foxtail ('Coda di Volpe' = Italian foxtail). 'Alopecis' could be an ancestor of the 'Coda di Volpe' grape variety.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

  • The shoot tip is open. She is very hairy.
  • The young leaves are hairy like a cobweb.
  • The leaves are five-lobed (rarely even nine-lobed) and strongly indented. The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The leaf margin is serrated to a point. The upper side of the leaf is blistered and coarse near the stalk bay.
  • The cone-shaped grape is very large (25-30 cm long), shouldered and dense berries. The elongated berries are small and whitish-gray in color. The berries are juicy.

Maturation: late, matures about 25 days after the Gutedel . In its homeland, the variety ripens in the second half of September.

Wine

The sugar-rich grapes result in a golden-colored, spicy white wine with aromas of stone fruits and a slightly salty mineral taste. It is used in the wines Fiano di Avellino , Aglianico del Taburno , Vesuvio , Sannio , Greco di Tufo and Campi Flegrei .

distribution

The variety is widespread in Campania and there especially in the provinces of Avellino and Benevento . In the 2010s the forested area was 568 ha. In the 1990s it was twice as much.

Synonyms

14 synonyms: Alopecis, Byala Lisicha Opashka, Cianca Rossa, Coada Vulpi, Coda di Pecora, Coda di Volpe, Coda di Volpe de Maddaloni, Coda di Vulpe, Durante, Falerno, Guarnaccia Bianca, Lisica Opasca Bjelaja, Lisitcha Opachka Biala, Pallagrello, Pallagrello Bianco.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
  2. ^ Coda di Volpe Bianco in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), April 2020