Kotsifali
Kotsifali ( Greek Κοτσιφάλι ) is a red wine variety . It is the eighth most common red wine grape in Greece . Cultivation on the island of Crete is recommended . The planted area under vines was around 1150 hectares at the end of the 1990s . The early ripening variety with the thick-skinned, hard and deep purple grapes produces mild, alcohol-rich, spicy and low-acid wines , which are mainly used for blending with the tannin-rich variety Mandilaria . The wines are of good quality.
See also the article Viticulture in Greece and the list of grape varieties .
Synonyms
The grape variety Kotsifali is also known under the names Kotrifali and Kotsiphali.
Web links
- Kotsifali in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Konstantinos Lazarakis: The Wines of Greece . Mitchell Beazley, London 2005, ISBN 1-84000-897-0 .