Freisa

relatively homogeneous variety (even though other vines are referred to with the same name), with fairly stable features in the classic “Chieri” type. The bud has an expanded light green apex, almost glabrous. The medium-sized, pentagonal, three-lobed leaves are pale green on the upper surface and almost glabrous on the lower side. The cluster is medium-sized, almost cylindrical, sometimes with a wing, semi-compact and has a long green stalk. The medium-sized berry is sub-round of a bluish-black colour. The thick and pruinose skin has a juicy flesh, of sweet, rather sour and simple flavor.

vigorous vine with an expanded growth habit. It has medium-sized shoots with long internodes and luxuriant vegetation. It adapts to various types of soils, favoring those that are well-exposed, thus reducing its vegetation for better quality results. In fact, any negative criticism about the wine has only to do with a wrong choice of cultural environment, every so often flat and humid.

it adapts to more-or-less expanded training systems and it prefers long pruning as it tends to yield on middle and terminal buds.

good resistance to downy mildew, less resistant to powdery mildew and botrytis.

generally speaking, it generates a dry wine with good acidity. It produces a good meal wine in blending with other Piedmontese grapes. In the best and most well-exposed areas, it gives excellent wines, even further refined with aging. The scent is elegant and generous.

Freisa VCR1, VCR3, VCR208, CVT15, CVT20, CVT154, CVT157.