Malvasia de Colares

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The white grape variety Malvasia de Colares is grown in the north-west of Lisbon near the eponymous municipality of Colares . When it comes to white wine from Colares , Malvasia de Colares is the leading variety. In 2010 the area under vines was 1031 hectares.

The late-ripening variety produces a fruity, flowery wine and is usually used almost entirely of one variety .

According to DNA analyzes, the Malvasía de Colares grape variety comes from the Arab variety Gibi and the Portuguese Amaral . The same applies to the Portuguese varieties Manteudo , Camarate Tinto , Arinto do Dão and Codega as well as the Spanish varieties Alfrocheiro and Jaen Blanco (Large-scale parentage analysis in an extended set of grapevine cultivars (Vitis vinifera L.), Lacombe et al. , 2007)

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The bronze-colored shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The green young leaves are only slightly hairy.
  • The large leaves are unlobed or three-lobed and hardly curved (see also the article leaf shape ). The stem bay is elliptically open.
  • The cone-shaped grape is medium to large (at least 500 grams in weight) and rather loose berries. The round berries are medium-sized and yellowish-green in color.

The late growing grape variety ripens approx. 30 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen very late among the white grape varieties. The variety is sensitive to sunburn at harvest time .

Malvasia de Colares 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

The Malvasia de Colares grape variety is also known under the name Malvasia.

Web links

literature