Montù
The white wine variety Montù is an autochthonous variety from northern Italy . It is recommended to grow them in the metropolitan city of Bologna and the provinces of Forlì-Cesena , Modena and Ravenna (all in the Emilia-Romagna region ). It is also approved in the province of Ferrara . In the 1990s, a planted vineyard area of 1,225 hectares was raised. Three quarters of the harvest comes from the province of Bologna. According to the oenologist Domizio Cavazza, who made a special contribution to the Barbaresco , the name of the grape variety could be a corruption of the term molta uva or molt'u (i.e. many grapes ).
The late-ripening and grew strong variety gives good yields and is very resistant to the genuine and downy mildew . The white wines are golden yellow in color, full-bodied and have a high alcohol content. You will find the entrance to the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC for short) wines Reno .
Synonyms
The Montù grape variety is also known under the names Bianchetto, Bianchino, Montoncello, Montuni and Montuno.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is woolly hairy and has a carmine tinge. The young leaves are lightly woolly hairy and spotted bronze ( anthocyanin spots ).
- The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and moderately deeply indented (see also the article leaf shape ). The stem bay is open in a U-shape. The sheet is serrated to a point. The teeth are set medium wide compared to other grape varieties.
- The cylindrical grape is medium to large in size, winged and moderately dense. The round berries are medium-sized and whitish-yellow in color. The skin of the berry is thick.
The variety ripens around 40 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen very late. Montù is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ).
Web links
- Montù 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 .