Vinhão

'Vinhao'
Synonyms	Sousão - for more see the Synonyms section
Art	Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
use	Red grape;
origin	Portugal
VIVC no.	13100
List of grape varieties

'Vinhao' ('Sousão') in the book by Viala & Vermorel

Leaf of the 'Vinhao' grape variety.

'Vinhao' is a red wine variety . It is an old, indigenous variety from northern Portugal .

Origin, descent

Is an old autochthonous red wine from Portugal. Genetic studies made it clear that the varieties 'Sousão' and 'Vinhao' are identical.

distribution

It originally came from the Minho , where it is still used today to produce the red Vinho Verde . Because of their color strength was also in the region of 1790 Douro used to the port to give a dark color. However, it is also popular in Spanish Galicia under the name 'Sousón' . Smaller plantings are also known in South Africa , California (→ viticulture in California , 62 acres = 25 ha.) And Australia . In 2010 the area under cultivation worldwide was 3,160 ha.

Ampelographic features

The tip of the shoot is lightly hairy.
The young leaf is bronzed and three-lobed. The leaf is small, five-lobed with a pronounced central lobe with a V-shaped open petiole.
The grape is small, compact, cylindrical and shouldered. The berries are medium-sized, round, black-blue in color and have a strong scent. Berries have a thick berry skin and the flesh is soft, juicy and has an astringent taste.

Maturity : early

properties

The growth is medium strong and upright. The variety brings medium yields. If the sunlight is too strong, the berries dry out easily.

Wine

The late-ripening variety results in deep red, tannin-rich, bitter-rough, acidic fruity wines that find their way into port wine in the blend .

Descendants

The variety 'Vinhao' was a cross partner in the new breed of the Israeli variety 'Argaman' .

Synonyms

'Azal Tinto', 'Caino Gordo', 'Espadeiro Basto', 'Espadeiro Da Tinta', 'Espadeiro De Basto', 'Espadeiro Do Basto', 'Espadeiro Preto', 'Negrao', 'Negrao Pe De Perdiz', ' Negron ',' Pazao ',' Pe De Perdiz ',' Pinta Femea ',' Retinto ',' Sesao ',' Sousao ',' Sousao De Correr ',' Sousao Do Douro ',' Sousao Forte ',' Sousen ' , 'Souson', 'Souson Retinto', 'Souzao', 'Souzao Forte', 'Souzon Retinto', 'Tinta', 'Tinta Antiga', 'Tinta De Luzin', 'Tinta De Parada', 'Tinta Femea', 'Tintilla', 'Tinto', 'Tinto Antigo', 'Tinto Da Parada', 'Tinto De Parada', 'Tinto Nacional', 'Vinon'.

Web links

literature

Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
Richard Mayson: Port and the Douro . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84000-943-9 .
Wolfgang Hubert, David Black Forest: Portugal and its wines . 2nd Edition. Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8338-0641-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, Josè Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
↑ California grape acreage report, 2008 crop (PDF; 2.1 MB), published in April 2009 by the California Department of Food and Agriculture
↑ Kym Anderson, Nanda R. Aryal: Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where? National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010 ; Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, South Australia, December 2013, revised July 2014. engl.
↑ Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, Ernst H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schumann: Farbatlas Rebsorten , 3rd edition, Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
↑ Vinhão in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

[Wine_Grapes-1] Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, Josè Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .

[2] California grape acreage report, 2008 crop (PDF; 2.1 MB), published in April 2009 by the California Department of Food and Agriculture

[Weltanbauflaeche-3] Kym Anderson, Nanda R. Aryal: Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where? National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010 ; Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, South Australia, December 2013, revised July 2014. engl.

[Rebsortenatlas-4] Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, Ernst H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schumann: Farbatlas Rebsorten , 3rd edition, Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .

[5] Vinhão in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)