Cornifesto Tinto
Cornifesto Tinto is a red wine variety . It is cultivated in the north of Portugal in the areas of Dão , Douro , Beira Litoral , Beira Interior and Alto Trás-os-Montes . It is also grown on a small scale in South Africa. The variety sprouts late and produces rather light red wines . Due to its deep dark color, however, it is one of the varieties, albeit the less important one, for port wine . It is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.
A check by means of DNA analysis showed that the grape variety is a cross between the varieties Cayetana Blanca x Alfrocheiro Preto Cornifesto is related to the varieties Malvasia Preta , Mouraton , Periquita and Camarate due to the same crossing partners .
See also the articles Viticulture in Portugal , Viticulture in South Africa and the list of grape varieties .
Synonyms
The Cornifesto tinto grape variety is also known under the names Cornifeito, Cornifesta, Cornifesto, Cornifesto no Dão, Cornifresco and Tinta Bastardeira.
Web links
- Cornifesto Tinto in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
- Published in American Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2012
swell
- ↑ SNP analysis shows a major role for Cayetana Blanca in the genetic network of Iberian Peninsula grapevine varieties , by Lalla Hasna Zinelabidine, Abdelmajid Haddioui, Virginia Rodríguez, Félix Cabello, José E. Eiras-Dias, José Miguel Martínez Zapater and Javier Ibáñez. Published in American Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2012
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Richard Mayson: Port and the Douro . 2nd Edition. Mitchell Beazley Classic Wine Library, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84000-943-9 .