Dakapo

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Dakapo grape variety

Dakapo is a red wine variety that was bred by Helmut Becker in 1972 at the Geisenheim research institute . It is a cross between opaque red x blue Portuguese . Externally, the grape can hardly be distinguished from the Portuguese vine. But it is more resistant to frost and less demanding in terms of cultivation technology. In 2007 a planted vineyard area of ​​59 hectares was raised.

The experiments with this grape variety belong in the same context as the development of other breeds called Ehrenbreitsteiner , Prinzipal , Rondo and Saphira . The basic idea of ​​Becker was - against the background of his dissertation on phylloxera and the preceding 10 years of research into combating it - the development of a pest and fungus-resistant vine.

So-called cover wine (Teinturier) is primarily obtained from the Dakapo grape with deep red pulp , which, up to a proportion of 5% red wines from grape varieties with light pulp (mainly Portuguese), is intended to give these otherwise pale wines color. To this small extent, this color enhancing addition does not change the taste of the wine. The Dakapo vine is less often intended as the basis for an independent type of wine; the wine is very strong, substantial and tannic . The name of this new breed is derived from Italian according to its purpose : Dacapo = addition .

Synonyms: Breeding number Geisenheim 7225 (GM 7225-8)

Parentage: Opaque red x Blauer Portugieser

distribution

The vineyards in Germany are distributed among the individual growing areas as follows:

Wine region Vineyards (hectares)
Ahr below 0.5
to bathe 22nd
Francs below 0.5
Hessian mountain road 1
Middle Rhine below 0.5
Moselle 2
Near 1
Palatinate 11
Rheingau 7th
Rheinhessen 15th
Saale-Unstrut below 0.5
Saxony -
Stargarder Land -
Württemberg below 0.5
TOTAL Germany 2007 59

Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in Descriptive Variety List of the Federal Variety Office 2008, page 198ff.

Small stocks are also known in Switzerland .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 519 kB)

literature

  • Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . 13th edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .

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