Vermentino nero
Vermentino nero | |
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Synonyms | Vermentina nera |
Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
Berry color | black |
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origin | Italy |
VIVC no. | 12992 |
List of grape varieties |
Vermentino nero is a very rare red wine variety that is only grown in small quantities in the Italian province of Massa-Carrara (the north-western coastal region of Tuscany ). At the beginning of the 1990s, the area under vines was 164 hectares .
There is disagreement whether Vermentino is nero a separate species or only a variety of popular white grape Vermentino which input in the same growing area DOC - white wine Candia dei Colli Apuani place.
The grape variety was first described by the ampelographers Nino Breviglieri and Enrico Casini.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is hairy with white wool and of a reddish color. The greenish young leaves are slightly hairy on the underside.
- The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and indented to a medium depth. The stalk bay is U-shaped or lyren-shaped open. The sheet is serrated to a point. The teeth are set medium-wide compared to other grape varieties.
- The pyramidal grape is large, shouldered and moderately dense. The round berries are medium to large in size and blue-black in color. The juicy berries have a neutral taste.
The Vermentino nero grape variety ripens around 25 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late in international comparison.
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Web links
- Vermentino nero in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)