Alicante Bouschet
This variety was created in 1855 in France by Henry Bouschet. It is a crossing between Grenache and Petit Bouschet. It is well widespread in France, Spain (Garnacha Tintorera), Tuscany, Sardinia and Sicily.
CULTIVATED AREA IN ITALY
|
YEAR |
1970 |
1982 |
1990 |
2000 |
2010 |
|
HECTARES |
21 | 21 | 23 | 73 | 444 |
CULTIVATED AREA IN FRANCE
|
YEAR |
1968 |
1979 |
1988 |
1998 |
2008 |
2018 |
|
HECTARES |
20.563 | 21.996 | 15.769 | 9.393 | 7.104 | 2.460 |
CULTIVATED AREA IN SPAIN
|
YEAR |
1990 | 1999 |
2009 |
|
HECTARES |
16.628 | 17.699 | 20.991 |
CULTIVATED AREA IN PORTUGAL
|
YEAR |
2000 |
2011 |
|
HECTARES |
2.101 | 2.644 |
Bud-burst period: everage.
Ripening period: average-to-early.
Yield: good.
Ampelographic characters:
the variety is fairly homogeneous, the most important differences being the shape and the size of the bunch and the productivity of the plant. The young shoot has a wooly green-whitish apex, medium-sized and triangular-shaped trilobate leaf with more or less closed petiolar sinus. The underside of the leaf is hairy. The cluster is medium sized, conical, compact. The berry is medium sized, with thick skin and colored pulp.
Cultural aptitude:
vine of medium vigor with an upright growth habit. It adapts well to loose clay-limestone soils and to warm or warm-temperate environments.
Training system and pruning:
it prefers medium-expanded training systems with medium or short pruning.
Susceptibility to diseases and adverse conditions:
susceptible to downy mildew and dead arm.
Enological potential:
it is used in blends with other wines to add color, as a single variety it lacks finesse and elegance and shows considerable shortcomings in its aromatic and polyphenolic profile.
Clones in propagation:
French clones: Inra-Entav 803, 804.
Clones undergoing homologation procedure:
Alicante VCR417, VCR418.
AGRONOMICAL AND ENOLOGICAL PERFORMANCES OF INRA-ENTAV 803
|
VARIETY |
CLONE |
ORIGIN |
HARVEST |
TRAINING SYSTEM |
NUMBER OF VINES/ha |
AVERAGE PLANT WEIGHT Kg |
YIELD t/ha |
BRIX DEGREE |
AC. TOT. in ac. tart. (g/l) |
ph MUST |
|
AlicanteBouschet |
CL. 803 |
Centro marze VCR Grado |
2007 |
Spur. Cord. |
2.900 |
3,1 |
8,99 |
19,3 |
6,8 |
3,54 |
|
AlicanteBouschet |
CL. 803 |
Centro marze VCR Grado |
2010 |
Spur. Cord. |
2.900 |
3,3 |
9,6 |
20,7 |
7 |
3,52 |
|
EVERAGE DATA |
2.900 |
3,2 |
9,3 |
20 |
6,9 |
3,53 |
| TOTAL WINE ACIDITY (g/l) | TARTARIC ACID (g/l) | MALIC ACID (g/l) | Wine Ph | NET DRY EXTRACT (g/l) | FLAVONOIDI (mg/l) | ANTHOCYANINS (mg/l) | TOTAL POLYPHENOLS (mg/l) | ALCOHOL (% vol.) | ZUCCHERI RIDUTTORI (g/l) | VOLATILE ACIDITY (g/l) | |
| 5,3 | 1,5 | 0,1 | 3,75 | 24,8 | 1.442 | 862 | 2.818 | 11,62 | 3,6 | 0,51 | |
| 6,5 | 3,2 | 0,92 | 3,71 | 32,3 | 1.374 | 1.011 | 2.828 | 12,5 | 2,8 | 0,56 | |
|
EVERAGE DATA |
5,9 | 2,35 | 0,51 | 3,73 | 28,55 | 1.408 | 937 | 2.823 | 12,06 | 3,2 | 0,54 |