Torrontés Riojano

Torrontés in the Cafayate region.

Torrontés Riojano is a white grape variety that is considered the most important Argentine white wine variety. It was named after the Argentine province of La Rioja , whose name itself derives from the Spanish province of La Rioja . In Argentina , the Torrontés Riojano is usually only briefly declared as Torrontés on the label of the bottle, but must not be confused with the Spanish variety Torrontés .

A study published in 2003 by the Institute Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis and Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina suggests that the Torrontés Riojano is a natural cross of the grape varieties Criolla Chica x Muscat d'Alexandrie is. The same applies to the Torrontés Sanjuanino and Moscatel Amarillo varieties . Torrontés Mendocino was created by crossing Muscat d'Alexandrie with a previously unknown variety. In Argentina, the area under vines was approximately 8,106 hectares in 2005.

The Torrontés Riojano produces acidic wines with an aromatic taste - similar to muscatel . The white wines are mostly long-lived and are often blended with the Chenin Blanc and / or Ugni Blanc varieties .

The Torrontés Riojano variety is also used in the production of pisco in Chile .

See also the articles Viticulture in Argentina and Viticulture in Chile and the list of grape varieties .

Parentage: Criolla Chica x Muscat d'Alexandrie

Synonyms

The grape variety Torrontés Riojano is also known under the names Malvasia, Torrontel, Torrontel Riojano.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Identity and Parentage of Torrontés Cultivars in Argentina , by Cecilia B. Agüero, José G. Rodríguez, Liliana E. Martínez, Gerald S. Dangl and Carole P. Meredith.
2. ↑ Cf. Registro de vinedos y superficie - ano 2005 from the Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura, Argentina

Web links

• Torrontés Riojano in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

literature

• Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon, 3rd revised edition . 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 978-2-01-236331-1 .