Malvasia di Candia Aromatica

the variety is relatively homogeneous, with evident differences in cluster compactness. The bud, with an averagely expanded apex, is woolly and whitish, with bronze shades and carmine edges. The leaves are medium-sized, pentagonal and five-lobed with evident, irregular teeth and a glossy green colour. They have a glabrous slightly tomentose flap on the underside as well. The petiolar sinus is U- or lyre-shaped. The more-than-medium, sparse, elongated, very winged cluster has a very long peduncle. The berry is medium-sized, of an opalescent golden-yellow color and spheroid in shape, with an evident umbilicus. The skin is thick and pruinose. The muscat-flavoured flesh is juicy and loose in texture.

a vine of good vigour, with a semi-upright growth habit, it has a quite robust shoot with medium internodes. It prefers hilly, fairly fertile and fresh soils in not too dry climates.

favors medium-sized training systems and long pruning. It hardly adapts to fully mechanised systems.

susceptible to more-or-less severe coulure in the different biotypes. Good resistance to winter cold and late frosts.

dà un vino di colore giallo dorato chiaro, provvisto di gradevole aroma di it produces a light golden-yellow-colored wine, with a sweet, agreeable muscat scent. On the hills of Piacenza it is often vinified in blends with other grapes to add scents and aromas to local wines. It produces highly appreciated wines when grown in different environments, thus confirming the considerable adaptability of this vine.

Malvasia di Candia Aromatica VCR27, PCMACA62, PCMACA68.