Thanks, That sounds alot like what I ve got--- In
ampelography@y..., "Dejan Tesic" <tesic@w...> wrote:
> Firstly hi to the group.
>
> Regarding the Italian text on Corvina here's a very rough
translation
> (I've skipped the pieces I didn't quite understand):
>
> CORVINA VERONESE widely cultivated in the Veronese areas of the
> Valpolicella, Valpantena and Bardolino.
>
> Description
>
> Winter bud large, ...
>
> Leaf medium large, pentagonal, 5-lobed, green, little hairy,
intense
> color.
>
> Medium-small, cylindrical-pyramidal cluster, with obvious, compact
> wing, berries medium, eliptical, of blue-black color, medium
> consistency, juicy pulp.
>
> Cultural aptitudes: Vine of good vigour, late budburst... growth
> generally balanced.
>
> Adapted to various fertile and humid (not excessively) soil types,
> also limestone, it prefers however sunny and dry climates for
regular
> and healthy grape maturity.
>
> Growing and pruning ... preference for canes...
>
> Green pruning allows regulation of fruit maturation.
> Really "delicate" cultivar, not adapted to mechanical growing
systems.
>
> Production
> Average and reasonably consistent.
>
> Grape harvest
> Medium-late. Machine harvesting with caution in order not to damage
> vines.
>
> Resistance to diseases: moderate, more sensitive to botrytis in
> clones with compact cluster.
>
> Wine organoleptic evaluation: gives a wine of red color... with
smell
> of violets, acidic, elevated tannins, full body, vinous, not
lacking
> in finesse but somewhat disharmonic.
>
> Vinification of Corvina is (usually) not as a varietal, but blended
> with other grapes of Rondinella, Molinara, Rossignola, etc. ending
as
> a highly regarded wine of Valpolicella, Valpantena, Bardolino, etc.
>
> With late harvest and special winemaking techniques and blending
with
> other cultivars it produces the Recioto and the Amarone.
>
> Corvina Veronese Rauscedo 6: cluster is medium, semi-compact,
> cylindrical-pyramidal, winged; berries medium-small with good and
> constant production; it has good resistance to botrytis. Gives a
> full-bodied wine with (later maturation?).
>
> Others clones available: ISV-cv7, ISV-cv13, ISV-cv48, ISV-cv78.
>
> ---------
> Cheers everyone.
> D. Tesic
>
> --- In ampelography@y..., Vanclaybor@a... wrote:
> > Thanks Marco. Sadly, I dont understand Italian. It wil take me a
> > couple of days to round up someone who does. Does that article
say
> > anything about winter hardiness?
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ampelography@y..., "La Bidul - Wine Tasting Society
> Garbagnate
> > & Groane" <labidul@h...> wrote:
> > > If of any use...
> > >
> > > Marco de Donà.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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