Lambrusco Salamino

the variety is not homogeneous, however the currently grown biotype is the “Santa Croce” type, with green leaves and a winged semi-compact cluster. The bud, with a medium-sized expanded apex, is cottony and whitish-green with red shades. The medium-sized pentagonal three-lobed leaves have a fairly deep green colour and blistered edges, an open V- or U-shaped petiolar sinus and an arachnoid underside. The rather small cylindrical cluster has an evident wing and is more-or-less compact. The berry is medium-sized, spheroid of a blue-black hue. The thick skin holds a juicy flesh with a simple, acidic flavour.

vine with good vigour, rather long shoots with medium internodes and a semi-upright, expanded growth habit. It prefers fresh and fertile soils and accepts humid climates.

it prefers quite expanded training systems, medium-to-long pruning and fairly rich. It adapts to larger training systems.

in excessively rainy years, biotypes with a very tight cluster may suffer from botrytis. Susceptible to grapevine phytoplasmas.

it produces a very colourful wine, endowed with an intense and typical vinosity, full-bodied, lively acidic, not too tannic and fairly alcoholic. It is bottled when young and blended with other Emilian Lambrusco wines, in order to obtain the classic dry and sparkling Lambrusco.

Lambrusco Salamino R5, VCR1, VCR20, VCR23.