Lafnetscha
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| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
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Lafnetscha is an autochthonous (local) white wine variety from the canton of Valais in Switzerland . It is primarily grown in the German-speaking Upper Valais (1.35 hectares, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG). According to a DNA analysis by José Vouillamoz , it is a spontaneous cross between Humagne Blanc x Completer. The name is based on the dialect of Valais German . Since the late-ripening vine almost always too early and the berries are thus harvested in an immature state had who needed wine because of its acidity and astringency a long extension and could not (in dialect too young to drink so gelafft be). Laff-nit-scha therefore doesn't already mean drink . When fully ripe, the variety produces very aromatic (→ aromas in wine ), spicy white wines with hints of exotic fruits.
In his home in Valais, Lafnetscha was often confused with the Completer grape variety . In 2002, Dominique Maigre and Michel Pont from the Changins Vine Research Institute found Completer vines in a Lafnetscha plant in the vineyards near Visp . Because of the larger berries of the Completer, these sticks were called Grosser Lafnetscha .
origin
Lafnetscha belongs to a group of grape varieties that have been able to hold their own in the geographical island location of the Alpine regions of Italy and the Valais in Switzerland. The following varieties belong to this group:
- Red wine varieties: Bonda , Cornalin d'Aoste , Cornalin du Valais , Crovassa , Durize , Eyholzer , Fumin , Goron de Bovernier , Mayolet , Ner d'Ala , Petit-Rouge , Prëmetta / Prié rouge, Roussin , Roussin de Morgex , Vien de Nus , Vuillermin .
- White wine varieties: Completer , Himbertscha , Humagne Blanche , Lafnetscha, Petite Arvine , Planscher , Prié Blanc , Resi .
Synonyms
Blanchier, Blantière (near Sion), Gros Gouais, Lafnätscha, Lavenetsch (in the western district of Raron ), Planscher (?). Despite a similar synonym, Lafnetscha is not related to the Gouais Blanc variety .
ancestry
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is whitish and slightly woolly hairy. The yellow-green young leaves are only hairy cobwebs.
- The thick and large leaves are usually three-lobed or, less often, five-lobed. The stem bay is closed. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are medium-sized compared to the grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is blistered and rough.
- The cylindrical to conical grape is shouldered and large (up to 1 kg in weight). The elliptical berries are medium-sized and green-yellow in color. The skin of the berry is thin to medium thick.
Lafnetscha ripens almost 25 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late by international standards. The variety is vigorous and is considered high-yielding.
See also
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Wine Year 2008 (PDF) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG
- ↑ José F. Vouillamoz, Dominique Maigre, Carole P. Meredith: Identity and parentage of two alpine grape cultivars from Switzerland (Vitis vinifera L. Lafnetscha and Himbertscha). In: Vitis . Vol. 43, No. 2, 2004, pp. 81–87, ( digitized version (PDF; 51 kB) ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), accessed on October 10, 2015.
