Fernão Pires
| Fernão Pires | |
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| Synonyms | see section synonyms |
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| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
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| origin | Portugal |
| VIVC no. | 4100 |
| List of grape varieties | |
Fernão Pires is an autochthonous white wine from Portugal .
distribution
It is widespread in almost all areas of Portugal and in 1999 was ranked first among the white wine varieties in Portugal with around 23,160 hectares of vineyards . It is the dominant variety in the Bairrada area , where it is also called 'Maria Gomes'. It is recommended to cultivate them in the regions of Trás-os-Montes , Beira Litoral , Ribatejo , Oeste , Alentejo and the Azores . It is also approved in the Douro , Minho , Beira Interior Sul and Beira Interior Norte regions . There are other cultivated areas in Australia and South Africa (approx. 290 hectares).
Origin - descent
'Fernão Pires' is believed to be an old Portuguese grape variety .
Variety characteristics
The grapes are medium-sized, broadly shouldered and mostly conical in shape. The berries have a nutmeg flavor and are medium-sized and oval with a green-yellow color. It has an early shoot with medium strong growth and later maturity. Because it shoots early, it is susceptible to frost. 'Fernão Pires' is very susceptible to real life ( Oidium ) and downy mildew ( Peronospra ). This grape variety prefers fertile soils.
Wine
This versatile vine produces fruity, aromatic and acidic wines with a lot of bouquet . They often taste like fresh green pepper or cooked cabbage. These are mostly used in blends , where they add acid and alcohol. It proves its versatility in the development of sparkling wine (in the Bairrada area) and noble sweet white wines . On the Setúbal peninsula , the 'Fernão Pires' variety produces a must with a very high sugar content or must weight on the sandy soils .
Synonyms
'Camarate', 'Fernam Pires', 'Fernan Piriz', 'Fernão Pirão', 'Fernão Pires do Beco', 'Fernão Pires de Beco', 'Gaieiro', 'Gaeiro', 'Maria Gomes', 'Molinha', 'Molinho', 'Torrontes'.
See also
Web links
literature
- Hans Ambrosi , Ernst H. Rühl, Erika Münch-Dettweiler, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schumann: color atlas of grape varieties. 300 varieties and their wines. 2nd, improved and supplemented edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-5719-5 .
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Wolfgang Hubert, David Black Forest: Portugal and its wines. A wine country on the move. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0641-4 .