Piedirosso
| Piedirosso | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | see section synonyms |
|
|
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | black |
| use | |
| origin | Italy |
| VIVC no. | 9239 |
| ancestry | |
|
Cross of |
|
| List of grape varieties | |
Piedirosso is a red wine that was probably already cultivated by the Romans. It is a southern Italian variety. The columbina purpurea mentioned by Pliny the Elder seems to be the current Piedirosso. The name means red foot and is derived from the red wood of the vine trunk.
distribution
The variety is widespread in the Italian region of Campania and approved there in the provinces of Avellino , Benevento , Caserta , Naples , Salerno and in the Apulian metropolitan city of Bari . It is contained in the red wines of the DOC appellations Falerno del Massico , Campi Flegrei , Capri , Ischia and Vesuvio .
In the province of Salerno, the winemakers still differentiate between 3 variants, the piedepalumbo selvatico , the piede di Columbo gentile and the mangiaguerra (also called piedecolombo gentile ). In 2010 there were 699 hectares of vineyards in Italy .
See also the article Viticulture in Italy .
Synonyms
Synonyms: 19: Palombina, Palombina Nera, Palumbina, Palumbina Nera, Palumbo, Palummina, Pede Palumbo, Per'e Palummo, Perepalummo, Pererusso, Piede Colombo, Piede di Colombo, Piede di Columbo Gentile, Piede di Palumbo, Piedepalumbo, Piedepalummo Senese Rosso, Streppa Verde, Strepparossa.
Web links
- Piedirosso in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Piedirosso in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), April 2020