Malagousia

The white grape Malagousia ( Greek spelling: Μαλαγουζιά ) is native in Nafpaktos in Aetolia - Acarnania. Since the mid- 1990s, the previously almost extinct species is gaining an increasingly important role in the selection of quality Greek white wines. The flavors of moderately acidic, fragrant and full-bodied wines are described with peach, apricot and a restrained nutmeg. In wine descriptions and flavors of citrus, jasmine and mint are often mentioned. The main growing areas are currently in the region of Macedonia. Plantings on Paros are promising.

In the early 1970s, Professor Vassilis Logothetis put on a leased land to the winery Domaine Carras at a Rebsammlung. In addition to varieties such as Lagorthi, Hopsathiri and Debina some sticks of forgotten varieties Malagousia found their way into this collection. There, trained in France by Emile Peynaud winemaker of Domaine Carras, Evangelos Gerovassiliou became aware of the aromatic variety. From 1976 Gerovassiliou experimented with Malagousia and presented the early 1990s the first matured in barrique wine which was a great success.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The young leaves are only slightly woolly haired and light red on the leaf margin.
• The leaves are indented five lobes and deep. The petiole is lyraförmig open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth have a medium wide spacing in the comparison of varieties.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical cluster is large and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are also large and golden yellow color. The berries have a thick grape skins are crisp and juicy. You have a subtle nutmeg flavor.

The grape ripens about 20 days after Chasselas and thus applies within the white grape varieties as late maturing. In Athens, she can usually be harvested in mid to late August. Malagousia 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 grape Malagousia is also known by the name Malagoussia, Malagouzia, Malagoyzia, Malaouzia, Malaoyzia, Melaouzia, Melaoyzia and Malvasia.