Pignolo
| Pignolo | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | Duracino, Ribola - for more see the Synonyms section |
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| use | |
| origin | Italy |
| known since | End of the 17th century |
| VIVC no. | 9255 |
| List of grape varieties | |
Pignolo is a high quality red wine that is grown in Friuli , Italy .
origin
The Pignolo vine has been grown in Friuli for centuries and was certainly grown in the area of Prepotto , Albana , Rosazzo and Premariacco as early as 1600 . The variety is mentioned in writing in the work Bacchus im Friuli by Abbot Giobatta Michieli , published at the end of the 17th century . The wine made from it is praised as "excellent black wine".
Despite indicative synonyms and morphological similarities, it should not be confused with Aglianico, which according to DNA analyzes of the clearly different Pignola Valtellinese or (the white) Pignoletto.
The name is derived from the elongated grape shape (pigna = pine cone).
distribution
The variety, threatened with extinction after the phylloxera disaster, was successfully reactivated in the 1970s with offshoots from rediscovered vines over a hundred years old. The area under cultivation in 2010 was 93 hectares with a strong upward trend. In 1990 it was only 29 ha. The potential of the Pignolo variety has now been recognized.
Wine
The variety is low-yielding and was therefore unpopular for a long time. It produces light to dark colored, fruity red wines with velvety tannins, as well as aromas of plums and liquorice. It is approved in the DOC wine Colli Orientali del Friuli.
properties
The late-ripening, low-yielding variety is susceptible to “powdery mildew”.
Synonyms
Duracino, Givan, Occhialina, Pignoca, Pignola di S. Colombano, Pignul, Pignuola, Pignuolo, Ribola, Ribollu, Ribolo, Rognosa, Schiettarola, Schiettarola Nera, Spampignolo, Uva Pignola di S. Colombano. See also the article Viticulture in Italy .
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 978-2-01-236331-1 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Del bel Turro (torrente Torre) sulla sponda / il buon vin alligna e abbonda / che del dolce Berzamino / ne berrei per poco un tino / e vorrei semper essere solo / nel ber a tazze piene il buon Pignolo.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Pignolo in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), April 2020