Karabraimis
The red wine variety Karabraimis ( Greek Καραμπραίμης ) is native to the Cyclades archipelago (Κυκλάδες) in the Aegean Sea and on Evia ( modern Greek Εύβοια ( f. Sg. ), Evia ). The quality of the red wines is good. Plantings on Paros are promising, although currently only house or bottle wines are usually produced.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is hairy white and woolly. The young leaves are only slightly hairy and of a purple-red color.
- The leaves are five-lobed (more rarely seven-lobed) and deeply indented. The stem bay is open in a U-shape. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are closely spaced in comparison to the grape varieties.
- The cylindrical grape is large, shouldered and densely grilled. The rounded berries are also large and purple-red in color. The berries have a thin skin and are juicy. They have a pleasant but neutral taste.
The grape variety ripens around 30 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late among the red grape varieties. In the Cyclades, it can usually be harvested in mid to late September.
Synonyms
The Karabraimis grape variety is also known under the names Harem-Ibraim, Impaen Charem, Impraem Kara, Karabryimis, Kara Chirei, Kara-Ibraim, Karambraimes, Karambraimis, Karampraimis and Matrasa.
See also
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 978-2-01-236331-1 .
- Konstantinos Lazarakis: The Wines of Greece . Mitchell Beazley, London 2005, ISBN 1-84000-897-0 , pp. 59-61 .
Web links
- Karabraimis in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)