Listán Negro

Dry picon lapilli culture on Lanzarote

Listán Negro is a red wine variety . It is also called Negromuelle or Negra Común and is a native variety of the Canary Islands . In Lanzarote it is grown in a special way of farming, the picon lapilli dry culture . Listán Negro is the most widely grown grape variety on Tenerife . By using the carbonic acid maceration , medium-heavy wines with a pronounced aroma are created

The distribution of the variety is estimated to be around 1,700  hectares in Spain . Listán Negro is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.

Synonyms: Almuñeco (on La Palma ), Listán Negra, Negra Común, Negromuelle

See also : Canarian cuisine , viticulture in Spain and list of grape varieties

literature

• Der Brockhaus Wein , Verlag FA Brockhaus, 1st edition 2005, ISBN 3-7653-0281-3
• Norbert Tischelmayer: Wine Glossary. 2777 terms around the wine , Np Buchverlag, 2001, ISBN 3-85326-177-9
• Horst Dippel u. a .: Das Weinlexikon , S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, 2003, ISBN 3-596-15867-2
• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
• Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .

Web links

• Listán Negro in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)