Verdicchio

the variety is relatively homogeneous; the differences are about bud vigour and the positioning of the cluster-bearing buds, the cluster shape and the colour of the grapes. It is equivalent to Trebbiano di Soave. The bud has an expanded, cottony, green-whitish apex with pink shades at the edges. The leaf is medium-sized, pentagonal, threeor five-lobed, with a slightly wavy flap, and is dark green in colour, with a cottony underside. The petiolar sinus is closed, lyre-shaped with sometimes overlapping edges. The winged cluster is medium-sized, conical, compact or semi-compact. The medium, round, yellowish-green berry has thick and a little pruinose skin and a juicy pulp with a simple and sweet taste.

vigorous vine with a semi-upright growth habit. Robust shoots with medium internodes. It prefers argillaceous soils and well exposed hilly areas for a healthy and complete ripening of the grapes.

it prefers medium training systems and long pruning. Hardly adaptable to fully mechanized forms due to the brittleness of the grapes. Traditional espalier forms are recommended, with appropriate green pruning so that to avoid cryptogamic attacks to the cluster.

low resistance to cryptogams and, in particular, to powdery mildew and botrytis. Good resistance to late frosts, less to winter colds.

it produces a wine of straw-yellow colour with greenish reflections, pleasantly bitterish, slender in body, lively, with a dry flavour as well as a subtle and delicate scent. With good structure and acidity, also suitable for short aging.

Verdicchio R2, VCR3, VCR28, VCR107, CSVAPVE2, CSVAPVE5, 10ISV, ARSIAL CRA553.