Donzelinho Branco
Donzelinho Branco is a white wine variety . Translated, this means a white servant . It is an autochthonous variety in Portugal . Their cultivation is recommended in the Trás-os-Montes region . In the 1990s a planted vineyard area of 644 hectares was raised.
The medium-early ripening, low-yielding variety delivers light white wines with a beautiful lemon-yellow color and a fragrance that is vaguely reminiscent of lavender water. The variety finds its way into the white port wine . Donzelinho Branco 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.
Synonyms: Donzellinho Branco, Rabigato (but not related to the Rabigato variety ) and Terrantez
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Web links
- Donzelinho Branco in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Richard Mayson: Port and the Douro. Completely revised and updated edition. Mitchell Beazley, London 2004, ISBN 1-84000-943-8 .