Corvina

Corvina Veronese is a native of the valley of Verona still almost exclusively housed there in the Veneto red variety. Unmixed expanded it is not very successful, because it is not balanced enough. But it is the main variety for Valpolicella wines, and Bardolino, Recioto and Amarone, where it is often blended with the varieties Rondinella and Molinara. The species is often mixed with their more profitable, but not qualitatively equivalent variant Corvinone Veronese. Recommended is their cultivation in the provinces of Verona and Brescia. In the 1990s, an area under vines of 4,498 hectares was charged.

The gekelterte from her red wine is deep red, slightly sour and slightly tannic.

Corvina Veronese has a genetic proximity to the varieties Oseleta, Rondinella, Garganega, and Dindarella Pelara

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. It is easy woolly hairy and spotted light pink. The yellowish- green young leaves are slightly hairy.
• The medium-sized, five-lobed leaves are indented and clear. The petiole is lyra -shaped pronounced and the ends overlap. The leaves are finely toothed.
• The slightly conical grape is shouldered, tall and dichtbeerig. The elongated oval berries are medium in size and of similar plum dark purple color. The shell of the berry is thick. The aroma of the berry slightly astringent.

The variety matures about 30 days after Chasselas and is thus regarded as late maturing. Corvina Veronese 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 Corvina Veronese is also under the name Corbina ( but it is not related to the variety Corbina Vice Tina ), Corvina, Corvina nera and Cruina known.