Taferielt is an indigenous Moroccan wine, table, and raisin grape.[1] It produces medium to very long clusters of dense, ellipsoid/obovoid, blue-black grapes.[2] It is a parent, along with Jaén blanco, of the Moroccan variety Blanc de Rhafsaï.[3]

Taferielt
Grape (Vitis)
Color of berry skinNoir
SpeciesVitis vinifera
Also calledAkhal Meguergueb, Farana Lekhal, and other synonyms
OriginMorocco
Formation of seedsComplete
Sex of flowersHermaphrodite
VIVC number12196

It is a very old variety thought to descend from the wild vines of Morocco, showing clear differentiation from other vines of the Middle Atlas, and the Kabylie and Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It covered 80% of vineyard space in the Rif mountains in the early 1960s, and previously was found as far afield as the Balearic Islands in pre-phylloxera times, where it was known as Farrana noir.[4][5] Its name, Taferielt, probably originates as a placename since it does not occur as a word in any of the Berber dialects in its traditional area of cultivation. It has good resistance to oidium and mildew.[4]

Synonyms

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Akhal Meguergueb, Akhal Mguergueb, Farana Lekhal, Farana Lekheal, Farana Noir, Farana Noir De Medea, Farrana Noir, M'guargueb, Meguergueb Akhel, Tafourialt, Tafrial, Tafriolet[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "TAFERIELT". Vitis International Variety Catalogue VIVC. Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR). August 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. ^ A. El Oualkadi; M. Ater; Z. Messaoudi; V. Laucou; J.M. Boursiquot; T. Lacombe; P. This (2009). "Molecular Characterization of Moroccan Grapevine Germplasm Using SSR Markers for the Establishment of a Reference Collection". Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin. 43 (3).
  3. ^ LACOMBE, T.; BOURSIQUOT, J.M.; LAUCOU, V.; Di VECCHI-STARAZ, M.; PEROS, J.P.; THIS, P. (2013). "Large-scale parentage analysis in an extended set of grapevine cultivars (Vitis vinifera L.)". Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126 (2): 401–414. doi:10.1007/s00122-012-1988-2. PMID 23015217. S2CID 17677608.
  4. ^ a b Liger, Paul (1963). "LES ASPECTS TECHNIQUES DE LA RECONSTITUTION DU VIGNOBLE RIFAIN - Deuxième partie". Al awamia: Revue de la recherche agronomique marocaine. 8: 77–113.
  5. ^ Muñoz, Sonia García (2011). Estudio de variedades minoritarias de vid (Vitis vinifera L.): descripción, caracterización agronómica y enológica de material procedente de las Islas Baleares (Ph.D.). Universidad de Valladolid. Retrieved 2017-09-28.