Durize
Durize (also called Rouge de Fully ) is a red wine variety that is cultivated in small quantities around the town of Fully in the Swiss canton of Valais . It is a very old, autochthonous variety. Quite widespread in earlier days, in 2007 only 0.65 hectares of planted vineyards were surveyed (source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG). It probably comes from the Italian Aosta Valley .
Ideally, Durize can be used to make a full-bodied red wine. In less good years, however, the wines are low in alcohol and rich in acid . The variety ripens early and bears moderately, but very irregularly. It is also very sensitive to a lack of magnesium in the soil. The berries are extremely crisp. Genetic analyzes have shown that Durize is a natural cross between the Roussin variety from the Aosta Valley and an as yet unknown variety.
origin
Durize belongs to a group of grape varieties that have been able to maintain themselves in the geographical island location of the Alpine regions of Italy and the Valais in Switzerland. The following varieties belong to this group:
- Red wine varieties: Bonda , Cornalin d'Aoste , Cornalin du Valais , Crovassa , Durize, Eyholzer , Fumin , Goron de Bovernier , Mayolet , Ner d'Ala , Petit-Rouge , Prëmetta / Prié rouge, Roussin , Roussin de Morgex , Vien de Nus , Vuillermin .
- White wine varieties: Completer , Himbertscha , Humagne Blanche , Lafnetscha , Petite Arvine , Planscher , Prié Blanc , Resi .
Synonyms
Rouge de Fully or Vieux rouge de Fully
ancestry
Roussin x unknown variety
See also
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Wine Year 2008 (PDF) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG
