Grape groupings Flashcards
Reduction Prone: frequent pumpovers or rach and return to introduce oxygenand avoid off flavors;
battonage/lees stirring, freq aeration
Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Mouvedre
Syrah
Montepulciano
Trousseau
Poulsard
Dolcetto
Uneven ripening/millerandage
Chardonnay
Gamay
Nebbiolo
Zinfandel/primitivo
Montepulciano
Chenin Blanc
Corvinone
Nero d’Avola/Calabrese
Bobal
Tempranillo
Nero/Uva di Troia
Oxidation
Grenache
Arneis
Clairette
Piquepoul Blanc - Picpoul de Pinet AOC
Malvasia Bianca di Candia - Lazio
Disease
all Marche grapes resistant except Verdicchio
Passerina - resistant
Malvasia Bianca di Candia
Primitivo - loose bunches (~Bourboulenc) with small berries better disease resistance than
Zinfandel
Drought
Mouvedre - not drought resistant but requires small but regular amounts of water from deep calcareous
soils that stores water
Merlot
Corvina
Primitivo
Tempranillo - not resistant
Verdejo - resistant
Grenache - resistant
Cinsault - resistant
Greek varietals mostly resistant eg Savatiano - resistant
Greco - resistant
Piedirosso - resistant
Inzolia or Ansonica - resistant
Mocato - resistant
Carignan - resistant
Graciano - resistant
Bobal - tolerant
Monastrell - tolerant
Antao Vaz - tolerant
Coulure (poor fruit set)
Merlot
Grenache
Mouvedre
Primitivo/Zinfandel
Poulsard - caused by very early budding
Trousseau
Chardonnay
Roussanne
Viognier
Gewurztraminer
Lagrein
Moscato Rosa
Nerello Mascalese
Powdery Mildew
Montepulciano
Verdicchio
Cesanese - Lazio
Chardonnay
PN
Downy Mildew
Corvina
Montepulciano - resistant
Verdicchio
PN
Botrytis
Merlot
Corvina
Montepulciano - resistant
Verdicchio
Chardonnay
PN
Trousseau
Semillon
Esca: rootstocks, avoid large cuts in old wood to reduce vine vulnerability, more skilled pruning methods
Corvina
Cab Sauv
Cinsault
Rondinella
Sangiovese
Eutypa - trunk disease
Cab Sauv
Cinsault
Trebbiano Toscano
Sterile buds - best trained long (Guyot, pergola)
Verdicchio
Percorino
High yielding/vigorous
Grenache
Zweigelt
Molinara
Cortese
Trebbiano Toscano
Cesanese
Primitivo
Negroamaro
Catarratto
Grillo
Bobal
Tempranillo
Trousseau
S.B
Malbec
Torrontes
Gewurztraminer
C.B
Low yielding
Malvasia di Lazio: Muscat of Alexandria X local cross
Percorino
Low vigor
Dolcetto
Greco
Tempranillo - mildly productive
