Resi (wine)

Resi ( French Rèze ) is an autochthonous white wine variety from the Swiss canton of Valais . It is a Valais Grand Cru .

The Resi is an old local Valais grape variety that has become extremely rare today, as almost all phylloxera plants fell victim to around 1920 . In 2002, 0.72 hectares of planted vineyards were officially determined. By 2007 the population had recovered slightly (2.13 hectares, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG).

The winemakers differentiate between the Grosse Réze and Petite Rèze varieties . The Grosse Rèze variety has slightly thicker grapes than the Petite Rèze. The late-ripening variety produces wines with a neutral aroma and high acidity . Due to their high acidity, the wine is stored for a long time in order to obtain a pleasant taste.

The old variety may be the variety described by Pliny the Elder as "Uva raetica", which was brought to Switzerland by the Phokers from Marseille . Certain ampelographers recognize a relationship to the Prié Blanc grape variety grown in the Italian Aosta Valley . DNA analyzes at the “Istituto agrario di San Michele all'Adige”, today Fondazione Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige, revealed a second-degree relationship to the grape varieties Freisa , Cornalin du Valais , Roussin de Morgex and Petit-Rouge . There is a direct connection to the Nosiola variety . Previously was glacier wine (also the Glaciers Vin called) sorted pressed from her.

origin

Resi belongs to a group of grape varieties that have been able to maintain themselves in the geographical island location of the Alpine regions of Italy and the Valais in Switzerland. The following varieties belong to this group:

• Red wine varieties: Bonda , Cornalin d'Aoste , Cornalin du Valais , Crovassa , Durize , Eyholzer , Fumin , Goron de Bovernier , Mayolet , Ner d'Ala , Petit-Rouge , Prëmetta / Prié rouge, Roussin , Roussin de Morgex , Vien de Nus , Vuillermin .
• White wine varieties: Completer , Himbertscha , Humagne Blanche , Lafnetscha , Petite Arvine , Planscher , Prié Blanc , Resi.

Synonyms

Petit Prié Tardif, Reize verte, Réze verte, Rèzi

ancestry

autochthonous Swiss grape variety

See also

• Viticulture in Switzerland
• List of grape varieties

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
• Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon. 3rd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article 32 indigenous grape varieties and 88 of the (PDF) regulation on viticulture and wine (VRW, 916.142) , Sion March 17, 2004
2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Wine Year 2008 (PDF)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG  
3. ↑ Glacier Wine . Swiss Culinary Heritage , accessed on September 11, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Sur les traces du cépage romain Raetica grâce à l'ADN ( Memento of July 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) by José F. Vouillamoz (in French)