Piedirosso

quite an uneven variety, also because it is often confused with similar vines. The bud has an expanded apex, light green and downy. The leaves are medium-sized, orbicular, five-lobed, wavy and blistered, with a dark green color and a velvety underside. The petiolar sinus is very open and U-shaped. The stumpy cluster is medium-large with a pyramid-shaped trunk, and is sometimes semi-sparse, with a bright red peduncle. The medium-sized, spheroid, purplish-red berry, has a thick pruinose skin, with a visible umbilicus. The pulp is juicy and fleshy with a sweet, special flavour.

a vine of good vigor with a drooping growth habit and robust shoots with medium internodes. It adapts to the various environments of the growing area with varying degrees of quality outcomes.

it prefers medium-expanded training systems and long, not too rich pruning. Due to its low spreading, full mechanised systems are not recommended in the classic growing areas.

normal, both for cryptogams and animal parasites.

it gives an intensely ruby-red-colored, alcoholic, slightly tannic wine, with good acidity, full-bodied, with good vinous fragrance. Its scents are enhanced through aging. It brings finesse in blends with local wines.

Piedirosso VCR147, VCR296, VCR297, VCR299.