Emperor (grape variety)

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Emperor is a red wine variety . Their origin is unknown. In the 1980s in California alone ( viticulture in California ) up to 7000 hectares were planted with the Emperor variety. In 2007, however, the area was only 312 hectares, as it was largely replaced by the new variety Red Globe . There are also known plantings in Chile , Argentina , Australia , Mexico and South Africa . It is also approved in Italy and Portugal .

See the article Viticulture in Argentina , Viticulture in Chile , Viticulture in South Africa , Viticulture in Italy , Viticulture in Portugal, and Viticulture in the United States, as well as the list of grape varieties .

Origin: unknown.

Synonyms

Emperor is also known under the names Emperado, Genova, Genova rosa, Red Emperador and Red Emperor.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is only hairy white and has a carmine tinge. The young leaves are lightly woolly hairy and slightly spotted bronze.
  • The large leaves are five-lobed and indented to medium depth. The stem bay is closed slightly elliptical. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are large compared to other varieties. The leaf surface (also called the leaf blade) is blistered and rough. In autumn the leaves sometimes turn reddish.
  • The cylindrical to conical grape is large and quite dense. The oval berries are also very large (23 × 17 mm) and dark red in color. The berry peel is thick and crisp. The berries are not very juicy.

The vigorous grape variety ripens around 40 days after the Gutedel and is therefore very late. It ripens 15 days later than the very successful Red Globe grape variety .

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