Rouge du Pays

Cornalin du Valais ( syn. Rouge de pays coll Geilweilerhof ) is an indigenous red grape variety of the Swiss-Italian Alps. It is used mainly in the Swiss cantons of Vaud (Chablais ) and Wallis (Fully and Martigny ) and grown in the Italian Aosta Valley.

A genetic protection of cornalin founded in 1993., The three partners Société des pépiniéristes valaisans wine growers, the Cantonal Office viticulture in Sion and Agroscope RAC Changins designed a collection of about 100 clones of cornalin to. Cornalin suffers from fluctuating income and is very susceptible to magnesium deficiency and gray mold. 18 of the clones are tested for use at the time, and further cultured in order to mitigate the aforementioned deficiencies.

The same red wine ( AOC cornalin, cornalin du Valais Rouge d' Enfer or ) is made from it, which is also referred to as "Old Country Red " (Vieux rouge du Pays ). The wine should mature three to five years. The variety is similar to the also in Switzerland cultured Humagne Rouge ( cornalin d' Aosta ).

Genetic analyzes, which were presented at a colloquium in 2003, showed that the cornalin is the natural intersection of the varieties Mayolet and Petit Rouge. DNA analysis at the " Istituto di San Michele all'Adige agrario " today Fondazione Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige also brought an indication of a second-degree relationship to the old, based in the Swiss Alps grape Rèze.

Origin

The cornalin belongs to a family of grape varieties that were able to hold in the geographical insularity of the Alpine regions of Italy and the Valais in Switzerland. This family includes the following varieties:

Synonyms

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