Alb de Onițcani is a wine grape variety. It was developed at the Agricultural Institute "M. V. Frunze" from Chișinău in collaboration with the Institute of Scientific Research in Viticulture and Winemaking of the Scientific Production Association "Vierul" by pollination of the variety Cil Ghiuliabi with a mixture of pollen from the variety Pierelle (Seyve Villard 20-366) and from the rootstock from seed № 224.[1] The authors of the variety are D. Verderevski, C. Voitovich and I. Naidenova, co-authors - V. Buimistru, T. Karchevskaia, P. Apruda, B. Smentâna and V. Ponomarchenko.[2] It was taken for state testing in 1976.[1] In 2016, 424 ha of this variety were cultivated in Moldova and 66 ha in Russia.[3]
Ampelographic characteristics
editThe tip of the young shoots is reddish, without down. Leaf is medium-sized, round, five-lobed, loosely sectate. On the underside it has no down.
Flowers are hermaphrodite. Grapes are medium sized, cylindrical-conical, dense. Berry is medium-sized, slightly oval, light green.[1] The pulp is juicy: it contains 80.2% juice; for comparison, the Aligote berry contains 74.3% juice.[2]
Agrobiological characterization
editAlb de Onițcani is a typical wine variety with a very late ripening. According to data from the 1970s, budbreak begins in late April-early May, flowering in the beginning of the second decade of June, grapes ripen in the first half of October. The stumps have great growing power, maturation of the shoots is good.
The variety comes into bearing relatively early. In the fourth year the yield reaches 6-7 t/ha, in the following years it increases to 140 t/ha and more.
The variety has medium frost resistance. In areas where the average absolute minimum winter air temperature does not fall below -28°C, the stumps can be grown without overwintering, on tall stems (100 cm), in the horizontal bilateral cordon shape. It has complex resistance to cryptogamic diseases. The degree of damage by downy mildew, powdery mildew and gray rot is 2 points.[1] Complex resistance to anthracnose and phylloxera was also found.[2]
In the 1970's the climate in Moldova was cooler compared to the 2020's. Grapes of this variety ripened late and in some years not ripened well. As a result, the acidity was too high and the harvest was mainly used for the production of wine material for distillates. Alb de Onițcani has become popular again in the southern vineyards since the 2000s, and since the 2010s it has started to be bottled as a single-varietal wine.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Soiuri de viță de vie în Moldova. Chișinău: Cartea Moldovenească. 1990. pp. 184–187.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d Taran, Anghelina (29 October 2019). "În Moldova există un soi-minune de struguri". WineAndSpirits.md. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Alb de Onițcani". Wein Plus. Retrieved 15 October 2024.