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Síria
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Grape characteristics |
| Name |
Síria |
| Type of grape variety |
White |
| Description |
Síria is grown in the interior of Portugal. It has been the most planted white grape variety in the Alentejo region, where it is known as Roupeiro. However, Alentejo’s high temperatures were not beneficial to Síria: the wines weren’t fresh, didn’t have good acidity and would quickly loose their aromas. Therefore, this grape variety started being produced in the higher and cooler lands of Beira Interior (namely Castelo Rodrigo) and Dão (where it is called Alvadurão, Côdega or Crato Branco).
Síria is a very productive grape variety of small bunches and berries. Though it is resistant to powdery and downy mildew, it is very sensitive to rottenness.
Wines produced with this grape are delicate, fresh and elegant. |
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Ampelographic Characteristics
Fonte: Catálogo das Castas, IVV.
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| Young Branch End |
open and flat, white carmine borders, sometimes generally cottony. |
| Young leaf |
white L1 and L2 with carmine borders; coppery yellow L3, slightly carmine; coppery yellow L4; green L5 with brown spots and green L6. Underside of L4 is cottony with downy main nervures. |
| Flower |
androgynous. |
| Shoots |
green internodes and nodes, low anthocyanin pigmentation on the shoots, erect to semi-erect growth. |
| Tendrils |
intermittent regular distribution, 02 formula, medium length. |
| Adult leaf |
medium length, pentagonal, with five lobes. Upper lateral sinuses with slightly overlapping lobes with U-shaped bases; slightly open petiolar sinus with a U-shaped base. Dark green leaf blade, irregular outline, low swelling, some wrinkling and generalized undulation. No anthocyanin pigmentation on the main nervures. Cottony underside and strong erect pilosity between the nervures, downy main nervures. Convex, medium-sized teeth, larger in length than in width. Webbed petiole, shorter than the average main vein. |
| Bunch |
medium. Short peduncle with medium lignification. |
| Berry |
medium length; short elliptic shape, yellowish green in colour, medial bloom. Skin of medium thickness. Colourless, soft pulp with a simple flavour. Short pedicel which can be easily separated. |
| Seeds |
strong hard tegument. |
| Stalks |
elliptic section, striated surface. Yellowish brown in colour and glabrous. |
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