Montepulciano (grape variety)

Montepulciano
Synonyms	Montepulciano d'Abruzzo - for more see the Synonyms section
Art	Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color	black purple
use	Red grape;
origin	Italy, autochthonous variety of Tuscany
VIVC no.	7949
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Pergola education (wire mesh pergl) in Abruzzo

Montepulciano is a red wine , which is widely used in Central Italy and in the Abruzzo is processed to the known Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.

It is an old grape variety that has nothing to do with the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (which is made from Sangiovese). The similarity of names between the Montepulciano grape variety and the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine produced from it on the one hand and the Tuscan town of Montepulciano and the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano produced there on the other often leads to confusion. In the area of the city of Montepulciano, in the province of Siena, the Montepulciano grape variety is not grown. The famous Vino Nobile di Montepulciano produced here is mainly produced from the Sangiovese grape or its clone Prugnolo Gentile, with the possible addition of other grape varieties that are grown in the province of Siena.

Origin, descent

The red grape variety is an autochthonous variety from Tuscany in Italy. The variety was named after the town of Montepulciano in the Tuscan province of Siena .

Ampelographic features

The tip of the shoot is very hairy with a purple tinge.
The leaves are medium-sized, five-lobed, dark green with a blistered upper side and bristle underside.
The grape is medium-sized, cylindrical and has loose berries. The berries are medium-sized, oval, colored black-violet, needy and have a thick berry skin.

Ripeness : shoots and berries ripen late.

properties

The late-ripening and vigorously growing red wine variety is well resistant to botrytis and downy mildew.

Wine

The wines are intense in color, velvety, full-bodied, rich in extracts and have little acidity and are rich in alcohol. They can be stored well, but can also be drunk young. The deep dark red wine is often used as a blending partner that enhances color and tannin.

Wines in Italy, which are mainly made from grapes of the Montepulciano grape variety - see:

region Abruzzo
Marche region

region Molise

Apulia region .

distribution

The main growing areas are the regions of Abruzzo , where the wine of the same name Montepulciano d'Abruzzo , which must consist of at least 85% of this grape variety, is produced, as well as Marche , Umbria and Apulia . Alongside Sangiovese , Montepulciano is the most important grape variety in central Italy. In Abruzzo alone, it is cultivated on 55.4% of the total wine-growing area.

The variety is common in the regions of Abruzzo, Puglia, Basilicata, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Molise, Tuscany and Umbria. It is approved in numerous DOC / DOCG wines, including Alezio , Cacc'e mmitte di Lucera , Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo, Colli di Rimini, Conero, Copertino , Esino, Grottino di Roccanova , I Terreni di Sanseverino, Lizzano , Montepulciano d'Abruzzo , Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane, Orta Nova , Ortona, Pentro di Isernia, Rosso Cònero , Rosso di Cerignola , Rosso Piceno , Terre Tollesi and Villamagna.

There were smaller cultivation areas in 2010 in Argentina (85 ha), Brazil (2 ha), California (29 ha), New Zealand (7 ha).

In 2010 the area under cultivation in Italy was 34,824 ha. In 2010 there was a total of 34,947 ha worldwide - and the trend is rising. It was ranked 27th (2010) in the global grape variety ranking.

Synonyms

27 synonyms are known: Africano, Angolano, Cordiscio, Cordisco, Cordisio, Monte Pulciano, Montepulciano Cordesco, Montepulciano Cordisco, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Montepulciano di Torre de Passeri, Montepulciano Primatico, Montepulciano Spargolo, Montepuliciano, Montepulico, Premutepulico Primaticcio, Primitivo, Primutico, Pugnitello, S. Giovese, Sangiovese Cardisco, Sangiovese Cordisco, Sangiovetto, Torre dei Passeri, Uva Abruzzese, Uva Abruzzi .

literature

Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, First H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schuhmann: Color Atlas of Grape Varieties. 3. Edition. Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 , pp. 610 .
Jancis Robinson : Grape varieties and their wines , Hallwag Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart, 1996, ISBN 3-444-10497-9
Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .

Web links

Commons : Montepulciano d'Abruzzo - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Montepulciano - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, first H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schuhmann: color atlas grape varieties. 3. Edition. Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 , p. 165.
↑ K. Anderson, NR Aryal: Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010, Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, December 2013 (first revision April 2014) (second revision May 2014) (third revision July 2014).
↑ Montepulciano (grape variety) in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed on March 24, 2020

[1] Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, first H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schuhmann: color atlas grape varieties. 3. Edition. Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 , p. 165.

[2] K. Anderson, NR Aryal: Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010, Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, December 2013 (first revision April 2014) (second revision May 2014) (third revision July 2014).

[3] Montepulciano (grape variety) in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed on March 24, 2020