Welschriesling

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Welschriesling
Synonyms Riesling Italico, Italian Riesling - for more see the Synonyms section
Welschriesling
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color green
use
origin Italy
VIVC no. 13217
List of grape varieties

Welschriesling is a late-ripening white wine variety that thrives particularly well in the central and south-eastern European continental climate with little rainfall and brings high yields.

origin

The variety presumably comes from northern Italy, whereupon its designation as "Welschriesling" ( Austria ) or "Olaszrizling" ( Hungary ), "Laški Rizling" ( Slovenia ), "Riesling Italian" ( Romania ) and "Riesling Italico" ( Italy ) suggests. Or it has its origin in Champagne , where it is no longer grown.

ancestry

Just like its origin, the origin of the vine is also in the dark. The Elbling is the closest related variety. In contrast, the Welsch is not related to the (Rhine or White) Riesling .

Ampelographic features

  • The shoot tip is light green and hairy with white wool.
  • It has a medium strong, upright growth and has remarkably long, often three-part tendrils
  • The leaf is three- to five-lobed, smooth, thin, light green and usually deeply indented with sharp perforations.
  • The annual wood is thin, light and tightly knotted.
  • The grape is medium-sized, cylindrical (usually with a bitumen) with small, thin-skinned, dotted and juicy berries, very dense.

Maturity: late

Yield

high and regular

properties

The variety needs early and warm locations and soils with a good supply of nutrients (especially magnesium). If the nutrient supply is inadequate, wood growth declines (logs off easily). Feels particularly at home in the central and south-eastern European continental climate when there is little rainfall. There is a susceptibility to stalk paralysis , which can be counteracted by suitable culture measures. The berries' low susceptibility to botrytis is also a particular advantage. Welschriesling has good winter frost resistance and is also not very sensitive to late frosts.

Wine

Welschriesling in the dry stage of development

In the dry aging process, the grapes are mainly used to produce simple wines with a light structure, a flowery-fruity aroma in which green apples predominate, and a tangy, fresh taste. The color of such simple wines, which should be drunk young, is a light greenish yellow.

After sporadic efforts were initially underway in southern Burgenland from the late 1990s onwards to press Welschrieslinge in the dry aging process as full-bodied wines, since the mid-2010s further, mainly young, Burgenland and Styrian winemakers have also been producing Welschrieslings in the upper quality segment. Since the emergence of Natural Wines in Austria, these have also been pressed dry as premium wines.

Welschriesling as a predicate wine

In the predicate wine area , Welschriesling is developed in all quality levels, starting with the late harvest through to Trockenbeerenauslese and Essence. In this segment he produces excellent results. The color of Welschrieslingen in the predicate wine range extends to rich gold tones in Beeren- and Trockenbeerenauslese .

Welschriesling as the base wine for sparkling wines

In Austria, Welschriesling grapes are also used to produce high-quality sparkling wines.

distribution

Welschriesling is mainly found in Central and Southeastern Europe.

Distribution worldwide

country Vineyards ha (2010)
Serbia 33120
Romania 7530
Croatia 4701
Hungary 4664
Austria 3462
Slovenia 2360
Slovakia 1655
Italy 1568
Czech Republic 1148
Spain 791
Brazil 200
World acreage 2010 61200
A few bottles of quality Graševina (Graschewina) wine from Croatia

Austria

The variety is very important in Austria. While sweet wines tend to be produced around Lake Neusiedl , in Styria and the Weinviertel the grape serves as the basis for dry wines, which, however, cannot be stored for too long without losing their typical fruitiness. In 2015 the planted area comprised 3232 ha, that is 10.6% of the total vineyard area. This makes Welschriesling the most popular white grape variety in Austria after Grüner Veltliner .

Fully ripe Welschriesling grape

The vineyards in Austria were distributed among the individual federal states in 2015 as follows:

state Area ha
Lower Austria 1311
Burgenland 1192
Styria 700
Vienna 25th
other federal states 1.7
Total Austria 2015 3232

Synonyms

Synonyms 73: Aminea Gemela, Biela Sladka, Biela Sladka Grasica, Biela Sladka Grassica, Bielasladka Grasica, Borba, Borba Blanca, Glasica, Grasevina, Grasevina Bijela, Grasevina Italijanska, Grasevina Talijanska, Grashevina, Grasica, Italia Riesling, Italian Riesling, Italianskiski , Italian Riesling, Italijanski Rizling, Italiya Rislinqi, Italy's Risling, Klein Riesling, Laski Riesling, Laski Rizling, Laskirizling, Meslier, Meslier De Champagne, Nemes Olasz Rizling, Olasriesling, Olasz, Olasz Risling, Olasz Rizlingi, Olasz Rizzo Olaszriesling, Olaszrizling, Petit Riesling, Petracine, Rakusky Rizling, Riesler, Riesli, Riesling Italian, Riesling Italico, Riesling Italy Blanc, Riesling Italy White, Riesling Laski, Riesling Vlachsky, Risli, Risling Italyanskii, Risling Italyanskij, Risling Vlashskii, Rismi, Rizling Vlashskii, Rismi , Rizling Italico, Rizling Italy, Rizling Italy Blanc, Rizling Italijanski, Rizling Italjanskij, Rizling Italsky, Rizling Talijanski, Rizling Vlassky, Rizlink Vlassky, Ryzlink Vlassky, Talianska Grasevina, Talijanska Grasevina, Talijanski Rizling, Talijanski Zizling, Taljanska Grasevina, Velchrisling, Vlasak, Waeleschriesling Weisser, Waelschriesling, Weisser Waelschriesling.

See also

literature

  • Karl Bauer, Ferdinand Regner , Barbara Schildberger: Weinbau , avBuch im Cadmos Verlag, Vienna, 9th edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-7040-2284-4 .
  • Ferdinand Regner: Directory of the Austrian quality wine grape varieties and their clones. LFZ Klosterneuburg, 2008.
  • Johann Werfring: Welschriesling on the upswing . In: “Wiener Zeitung” of January 13, 2017, supplement “Wiener Journal”, pp. 36–37.
  • Klaus Egle: The Austrian Wine. Verlag Pichler, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-403-5 .
  • Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott, Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . 13th edition. Fachverlag Fraund ,, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .
  • Jancis Robinson (Ed.): The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd, completely revised Edition. Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ferdinand Regner , Karel Hanak, Cornelia Eisenheld: Directory of Austrian quality wine varieties and their clones , 2nd edition 2015, HBL and BA for WB, Klosterneuburg.
  2. ↑ a b Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, First H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schuhmann: color atlas grape varieties. 3rd edition, Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
  3. ↑ a b Karl Bauer, Ferdinand Regner , Barbara Schildberger: Weinbau , avBuch im Cadmos Verlag, Vienna, 9th edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-7040-2284-4 .
  4. ^ A b c Johann Werfring: Welschriesling on the rise . In: "Wiener Zeitung" of January 13, 2017, supplement "Wiener Journal", p. 37.
  5. ↑ K. Anderson, NR Aryal: Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 and 2010, Wine Economics Research Center, University of Adelaide, December 2013 (first revision April 2014) (second revision May 2014) (third Revision July 2014).
  6. ↑ Source: Statistics Austria, Weingarten Grunderammlung 2015.
  7. ↑ Welschriesling in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed on March 30, 2020