Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata
| Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata | |
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| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | White |
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| origin | Italy |
| VIVC no. | 7257 |
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Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata (also Malvasia di Basilicata ) is a white wine variety and one of many varieties from the Malvasia family in Italy . The variety is very old. The cultivation of the variety is recommended in the provinces of Matera and Potenza in the Basilicata region . The planted area is approx. 1600 hectares .
The late-ripening variety is of moderate growth and delivers good yields. The must makes a lightly perfumed wine . The wines are included in the DOC wines Matera and Terre dell'Alta Val d'Agri . The variety is often blended with the Greco Bianco but also with the Aglianico and Moscato .
There is also the red grape variety Malvasia Nera di Basilicata .
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is whitish light green hairy but without a crimson tinge. The young leaves are initially slightly woolly hairy and spotted bronze (anthocyanin spots).
- The large, bright green leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented. The stem bay is open in a U-shape. The sheet is serrated to a point. The teeth are small and tight compared to the grape varieties.
- The cylindrical or conical grape is sometimes shouldered, medium-sized and with loose berries. A grape weighs an average of 300–400 g. The round berries are small and green-yellow to slightly reddish in color.
The Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata grape ripens about 30 days after the Gutedel. It is one of the late-ripening varieties.
Web links
- Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata 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 .