Nosiola

Nosiola is a white grape variety that is grown in the provinces of Trentino and Verona of the Italian regions Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. It is used for example in the wines of the DOC wines Sorni and Trentino Nosiola. Currently there are still 108 acres (1999 ) planted after the variety was still the beginning of the 20th century very popular.

Properties

The late-ripening Nosiola provides straw yellow, fruity white wines with a flat structure ( → lack of acid) and a slight bitter taste.

Nosiola is also a synonym for the white grape Durella. Both varieties are not related to each other. DNA analysis at the " Istituto di San Michele all'Adige agrario " today, however, brought Fondazione Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige an indication of a relationship to the old, based in the Swiss Alps grape Rèze.

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

Ethnicity: probably Rèze * unknown species

Synonyms

The grape is also known under the synonym Nosiola name Dall'occhio bianca (erroneously ), Durella (erroneously ) Nosella, nosilla, Nosiola Gentile, Nosiola Trentina, Nosiola Spinarola, Nusiola, Rabiosa, Spargelen known ( Merano ) and Spargeren.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is half open. It is only spinnwebig hairy and greenish. The yellowish- green young leaves are smooth and shiny.
• The medium-sized leaves are indented three or five lobes and weak. The petiole is lyrenförmig open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are medium in size compared to other varieties. (Also called lamina ) The leaf surface is curled slightly blistered.
• The drum-shaped bunch is medium, shouldered and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are small to medium in size and of a greenish to golden yellow color. The bowl of berries is thin-skinned and aroma of juicy berries neutral.

The variety is grown strong, but weak earnings, since they also often tends to coulure. Nosiola matures approximately 35 days after Chasselas grape variety and is one of the late-ripening varieties.