Italia (grape)
Italia is a white grape variety. It is a new breed between Bicane x Muscat Hamburg. The crossing was made in 1911 in Rome by the breeder Alberto Pirovano. The variety is quantitatively the world's third leading table grape and used in many countries around the world. In Italy it is grown mainly in the southern regions of Puglia, Lazio and Sicily and occupies a total of 37,000 hectares of vineyards. In addition, it is known in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Tunisia. Currently, there is only small holdings in California planted with the cultivar Italia. In 2008, the acreage was 61 acres (about 15 hectares).
In Brazil, in São Paulo, a reddish variant, Italia Rubi found. Pierre Viala reported in the early 20th century by a red variety in Peru, which also bore the name Italia.
See also the list of grape varieties.
Ethnicity: Bicane x Muscat de Hambourg. The descent was confirmed by genetic examination.
Synonyms
The grape variety Italia is also the name of Doña Sofia, Idéal ( in France, during several years after the Second World War), Italian Muscat, Moscatel Italiano (in Spain), Muscat Rozaki, Muscat d' Italie ( Tunisia and Morocco), Pirovano 65 and Uva Italia known.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is woolly hairy and dotted carmine. The yellowish young leaves are hairy and spinnwebig mottled orange.
- The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and distinctly sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is open lyre -shaped, rarely also closed. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set moderately dilated in comparison to other varieties.
- The cylindrical to conical pointed grape is large to very large (on average 627 grams ) and loose-. The oblong berries are very large (on average 8 grams) of amber yellow, which also turns at full maturity to slightly reddish. The shell of the berry is thick. The crisp flesh has a light muscat flavor.
The variety matures about 30 -35 days after Chasselas, and thus is considered very late maturing. Italia is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic disadvantage is avoided, no return delivered to have male plants grow.