Groppello Bianco
Groppello Bianco is a white wine variety . It is one of the autochthonous varieties from northern Italy . Its cultivation is authorized in the province of Treviso in Veneto . The late ripening variety makes a good white wine with a sufficiently high alcohol content to give the wine some structure. In addition to the Groppello Bianco, there are also the red grape varieties Groppello di Mocasina , Groppello di Santo Stefano and Groppello Gentile .
See also the article Viticulture in Italy and the list of grape varieties .
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The tip of the shoot is hairy like a cobweb, with a crimson tinge.
- The large leaves are usually three-lobed, sometimes five-lobed and then moderately curved. The stem bay is half open.
- The cone-shaped grape is elongated and dense. The round berries are small and greenish and yellowish when fully ripe. The juicy berries have a thin skin.
The Groppello bianco grape variety sprouts late and ripens about 30 days after the Gutedel : It is therefore one of the late-ripening varieties.
Web links
- Groppello Bianco 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 .