Roussin de Morgex
Roussin de Morgex is a red wine variety . It is grown in small quantities in the western part of the Italian Aosta Valley in the municipality of Morgex . Gene analysis carried out by José Vouillamoz suggests that it is related to the Prié variety. DNA analyzes at the “Istituto agrario di San Michele all'Adige”, today Fondazione Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige , also revealed a second-degree relationship to the old Resi grape variety, which is native to the Swiss Alps .
origin
Roussin de Morgex 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 .
A synonym for the variety is Roussi .
ancestry
It is an autochthonous variety in the Aosta Valley
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Giulio Moriondo: Vini e Vitigni Autoctoni della Valle d'Aosta. (139 pages) . 1st edition. Institut Agricole Régional, Aosta 1999.
Web links
- Roussin de Morgex in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)