Coda di Volpe

The white grape Coda di Volpe is cultivated at Naples in the Italian region of Campania. The local grape variety is named " Coda di Volpe " ( in Latin: Caudia vulpium ). This term was first used by Pliny the Elder, when he compared the shape of the ancient vine Alopecis with the shape of a fox tail ( Coda di Volpe = Italian foxtail ). Alopecis could be an ancestor of the vine Coda di Volpe.

In their homeland, the variety ripens in the second half of September. It is used in the wines Fiano di Avellino, Taburno, Vesuvio, Sannio, Greco di Tufo and Campi Flegrei. In the 1990s, was the area under 1,176 acres

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

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is very hairy. The young leaves are hairy spinnwebig.
• The small leaves are five-lobed (rarely even neunlappig ) and strongly sinuate. The petiole is lyrenförmig open. The sheet is cut sharply. The upper leaf surface (also called leaf blade ) is pronounced vesicular rough near the petiole.
• The cone- shaped grape is very large ( 25-30 cm long) shouldered, and dichtbeerig. The oblong berries are small and whitish- gray color. The berries are juicy.

Previously Malingre matures almost 25 days after the Chasselas. It is thus considered late maturing. Coda di Volpe 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.

Synonyms

The vine Coda di Volpe is durante also under the synonym name Alopecis, Caprettone, Cianca rossa, Coada Vulpi, Coda di Pecora, Coda di Volpe Bianca, Coda di Volpe de Maddaloni, Coda di Vulpe, Crapettone, Durante, Falerno, Lisica opasca Bjelaja, Lisitcha opachka biala, Pallagrello and Pallegrello bianco known.