Rondinella
| Rondinella | |
|---|---|
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | purple-black |
| use | |
| origin | Italy |
| VIVC no. | 10189 |
| List of grape varieties | |
Rondinella is a red wine from the Italian Veneto . It is part of Valpolicella , Bardolino , Amarone della Valpolicella and Recioto della Valpolicella . It is often blended with the Molinara and Corvina Veronese grape varieties .
ancestry
The red grape variety comes from Italy. The earliest mention of it comes from the year 1882. According to the DNA analyzes carried out in 2006, it arose from a probably natural cross of Corvina Veronese x unknown variety.
Rondinella shows a genetic proximity to the grape varieties Oseleta , Corvina Veronese , Garganega , Dindarella and Pelara .
distribution
In 2010 there were 2479 hectares in Italy and 2 hectares in Australia. Worldwide there is a total of 2481 hectares. In the 1990s, a planted vineyard area of 2,975 hectares was recorded. Its cultivation is recommended in the provinces of Mantua and Verona . The cultivated areas extend as far as Lake Garda . There are smaller stocks in Argentina and Brazil. The variety is cultivated mainly in the regions of Veneto and Lombardy, where it is mainly used as a blending partner for the Corvina Veronese, Corvinone and Molinara varieties.
Ampelographic variety characteristics
- The shoot tip is open. It is woolly hairy with a slightly reddish tinge. The greenish young leaves have a bronze-colored tinge ( anthocyanin ) and are only slightly hairy.
- The large leaves are round (see also the article leaf shape ) and five-lobed and are deeply indented. The stem bay is U-shaped or shaped like a lyre. The sheet is serrated.
- The pyramidal cluster is large (often about 20 cm long) and moderately densely populated. The grape is usually shouldered. The round berries are medium-sized and purple-black in color. The berries taste neutral.
Maturity: matures about 35 days after the Gutedel and therefore very late.
Wine
Rondinella is seldom expanded as a single variety , as the red wine can have little independent character. It produces brightly colored and acidic red wines with a cherry aroma.
See also the articles Viticulture in Argentina and Viticulture in Italy .
properties
The medium to late ripening, very productive vine is resistant to most fungal diseases.
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ F. Vantini, G. Tacconi, M. Gastaldelli, C. Govoni, E. Tosi, P. Malacrinò, R. Bassi and L. Cattivelli: Biodiversity of grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) grown in the Province of Verona , PDF , published in Vitis volume 42, pages 35-38
- ↑ 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).