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Semilão
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Grape characteristics |
| Name |
Semilão |
| Type of grape variety |
White |
| Description |
Low quality white grape variety, more intensively cultivated in the Penafiel sub-region and with no representativeness. Productive, it produces neutral and unbalanced wines.
Synonymy: or «Semilhão», it probably corresponds to the «Boal» of the Douro region and the «Sémillon» in France.
SOURCE: Catálogo das Castas da CVRVV.
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Ampelographic Characteristics
Fonte: Catálogo das Castas, IVV.
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| Budding |
open, cottony, white and with the margin slightly carmine.
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| Young leaf |
yellow with bronze spots; shiny; very cottony on the down side of the blade.
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| Flower |
androgynous.
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| Shoots |
internodes and nodes with red striations on the back side and green on the frontal side; strong anthocyanin pigmentation of the buds; erect to half-erect growth.
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| Tendrils |
discontinuous, medium length, webbed and straight.
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| Adult leaf |
small size, wedge-shaped, with three to five lobes, dark green, consistent, irregular outline with the margins slightly folded up and bubbly; short teeth, convex margins, slightly open petiolar sinus with a V shaped base, open upper lateral sinus with a V shaped base; cottony on the down side, glabrous petiole of the same length as the medium main vein.
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| Bunch |
medium size; cylindrical-conic; medium compactness; medium length peduncle and insignificant lignification.
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| Berry |
medium size, irregular, elliptic-short; yellow green colour, little bloom; medium thick skin and apparent hilum; soft, juicy pulp with a simple flavour; medium long pedicel of easy separation.
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| Seeds |
medium size, irregular, elliptic-short; yellow green colour, little bloom; medium thick skin and apparent hilum; soft, juicy pulp with a simple flavour; medium long pedicel of easy separation.
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| Stalks |
elliptic cross-section, striated surface, yellow brownish colour; straight; short internodes and large nodes; small, low, cup-shaped and prominent buds.
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