Savatiano

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Savatiano ( Greek Σαββατιανό Savvatiano ) is a white wine variety that is native to Attica and Central Greece . The grape has a remarkable resistance to drought. At the beginning of the 1990s, the area under vines was almost 15,300 hectares and has now increased (as of 2001) to over 18,000 hectares. Small stocks are also known in South Africa .

In general, the wines from the Savatiano grape are quite low in acidity. In retsina , the main component of which is the savatiano, roditis or assyrtiko is often added to compensate for the lack of acidity . The grape variety can produce balanced dry white wines at particularly suitable altitudes with poor soils .

See also the articles Viticulture in Greece and Viticulture in South Africa and the list of grape varieties .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is densely haired and of a reddish color. The young leaves are also woolly hairy, green and the leaf margin is light pink to copper-colored.
  • The medium-sized, quite thick leaves are five-lobed and indented to a medium depth. The stem bay is closed in a U-shape. The leaf margin is bluntly serrated. The teeth are medium-sized and closely set.
  • The cylindrical to conical grape is long (20 to 30 cm) and dense berries. The round berries are medium-sized and white-green to yellow-green in color.

The moderately vigorous grape variety sprouts late, ripens about 30 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late. In fertile and irrigated soils, their yield can increase to almost 250 hectoliters / hectare.

Synonyms

Savatiano is also under the synonyms Aspro, Cephalone, Condoura, Domraine Aspri, Dombrena Apri, Dmvrena Aspri, Doubrena Lefki, Doumbraina Aspri, Doumpraina Lefki, Doumprena Apri, Doympraiina Leyki, Kontourounta Lefki, Koudura, Ntompren, Safe, Niko Aspri, Perachorites, Perachoritico, Perachoritiko, Perachoritis, Perahortico (on the island of Kefalonia ), Sabates, Sabbathiano, Sabbatiano, Sakeico, Sakeiko, Savvathiano, Savvatiano, Savvatiano Perachoritiko, Stamatiano, Tsoumpraina Lefki, Tsoumprena and Tsoumprena.

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