Bosco (grape)

Bosco (Italian: Forest) is a white grape variety in the provinces of Genoa and La Spezia the Italian region of Liguria has their area of ​​distribution. It was introduced in the 19th century of offspring that were found near a forest at Genoa, to Riomaggiore and eventually became the surrounding main grape variety. The taste of simple, high-yielding varieties is therefore the main locations for the DOC white wine Cinque Terre. The late 1990s, about 500 hectares of vineyards were planted with the variety Bosco. The late-ripening varieties provided here on average about 36,000 hectoliters of wine per year.

See also the article Viticulture in Italy and the list of grape varieties.

Synonyms: Bosco Bianco, Bianco del Bosco Genovesato, Uva bosco, Madea

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. It is spinnwebig hairy and light green in color. The greenish young leaves are also coated spinnwebig. The leaf margins are bronze.
• The pentagonal leaves are usually five-lobed and strongly sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is U-shaped open. The sheet is cut sharply. The teeth are medium in size compared to the varieties.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical cluster is large and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are medium sized and straw yellow to golden yellow color.

Bosco is aged almost 25 - 30 days after Chasselas. It is thus considered late maturing. The powerfully built strain grew provides steady returns. The whites have only a relatively low alcohol content. Bosco Arinto 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.