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Bical
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Grape characteristics |
| Name |
Bical |
| Type of grape variety |
White |
| Description |
This grape variety is typical of the Beiras region, namely Bairrada and Dão, where it is known as “Borrado das Moscas”. In the nineteen eighties, a technological revolution took place in Bairrada, bringing up all the qualities of Bical and making it one of the most important grape varieties in the region, side by side with Maria Gomes.
Bical is early-ripening, which makes its berries keep a high acidity. It is very resistant to rottenness but particularly sensitive to powdery mildew.
Wines produced with this grape variety are very aromatic, fresh and well-structured. In Bairrada, Bical is much used in the production of sparkling wine.
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Ampelographic Characteristics
Fonte: Catálogo das Castas, IVV.
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| Budding |
precocious. |
| Young Branch End |
open, white with a carmine border. Webbed villosity.
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| Young leaf |
green with a light carmine border. Pubescent villosity. |
| Flower |
androgynous. |
| Vigour |
strong. |
| Bearing |
horizontal. |
| Shoots |
green. Webbed villosity. |
| Tendrils |
regular discontinuous distribution, medium size. |
| Adult leaf |
medium-length, pentagonal, with five lobes. Light green upper side, poor swelling and slight wrinkling. Convex, medium-sized teeth, their width equalling their length. Closed petiolar sinus with a V-shaped base. Open upper lateral petiolar sinuses with a V-shaped base. Very low anthocyanin pigmentation on the underside, low on the top. Cottony villosity on the underside with pubescent main nervures. Petiole as long as the medium main vein. Webbed villosity. |
| Bunch |
medium. Medium to open compactness. Peduncle of medium length and lignification.
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| Berry |
medium-sized, tending towards small with little uniformity. Short, elliptic shape. Yellowy green colouring, medial bloom, epidermis of a medium thickness. Colourless, soft and juicy pulp. Medium-length pedicel which can be easily separated.
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| Seeds |
predominantly one or two per berry. |
| Stalks |
flat section. Striated surface. Yellowy brown colour. Webbed villosity.
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