EMERGING GRAPE VARIETIES Ashley Ratcliff/ James Freckleton/ Nick Dry The Yalumba Wine Company.

EMERGING GRAPE VARIETIES

Ashley Ratcliff/ James Freckleton/ Nick DryThe Yalumba Wine Company

VARIETIES OF INTEREST

Vermentino

Tempranillo

Montepulciano

Fiano

Verdejo

Nero d’Avola

Selection Reasons

1. Market interest

2. Suitability to a changing climate

3. Point of difference

Vermentino• Traditionally grown in Sardinia & the Liguria Coast (believed to

have originated from Spain)

• Also known as Rolle in France

• Two clones currently available – H62.LN & VCR1

• Yalumba Nursery releasing ENTAV clone in 2013

• Known incompatibilities – 420 A

• Heat tolerant

• Big berries and bunches

• Early budburst – late ripening

• Small plantings exist in Australia (increasing in popularity)

Vermentino

Tempranillo• Spanish grape variety (predominant region of growth is Rioja)

• Currently available clones – D8V12, D8V13 & Tinta Roriz

• Yalumba Nursery releasing 6 new clones in 2013

• Tendency to be a biannual?

• Capacity to produce heavy crops

• Average budburst and early harvest

• Ripening issues

• An established variety

• Wrattonbully trial

Smart, R.E (2008) Creating an Australian Vega Sicilia. The Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal. Vol 23 No 3. p12-15

Region Rain Index

Max Index

Min Index

Av Index

Max Match

Min Match

MJT

(ºC)Valladolid (Spain)

0 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ideal Ideal 21.4

Canberra Airport

22 0.07 0.01 0.04 Acceptable Very Good 20.4

Bendigo Airport 117 0.04 0.06 0.05 Acceptable Acceptable 21.3

Barthurst Ag 25 0.09 0.02 0.05 Acceptable Very Good 20.5

Orange Post Office

67 0.1 0.01 0.05 Acceptable Very Good 20.3

Wrattonbully 20.4

Tempranillo

•2 Bud Spur

•All 1 Bud

•2 Bud Spur per position

•3 + 1 thumb &

Finger

•3 Bud & 1 Bud

alternating

•Sawn

Montepulciano

• Probably originates from the Tuscan town of

Montepulciano

• Clones – SAVII01 & FSAC

• Budburst medium to late

• Harvest late – may not be suited to cool regions

• Can have set problems

• Disease resistance good

• Produces high colour/phenolic wines

• Only small planting exist in Australia

Montepulciano

Fiano

• Originates from Campania (near Naples)• Clones – VRC3, SAVII01 & Merbein• Budburst early/ mid-season• Harvest relatively late for a white variety• Prone to wind damage• Tendency to produce a second crop• Heat tolerant – does not tend to burn• Highly tolerant to diseases?• Interest increasing

Dry.P (2007) Performance under hot conditions makes Fiano an attractive proposition. The Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal. Vol 22 No 6. p 20-21

Fiano

Verdejo

• White Spanish variety – found in the Rueda region

• Possibly suited to warm regions were varieties like

Sauvignon Blanc are less likely to produce strong variety

characteristic

• Bunches are medium-sizes

• Yalumba Nursery releasing material in 2013

Nero d’Avola

• Originates from Sicily• Grown in a hot/ dry climate• Heat/ drought tolerant• Incompatible with 101-14 & 420A• High vigour variety• Budburst medium• Harvest medium-late• High colour/ phenolic wines• Very small planting in Australia

Nero d’Avola

Potential Problems

• Understanding –need to manage differently to existing varieties

(viticulture/ winemaking)

• Some varieties may require shoot and or bunch thinning even in hot

climates

• Poor site selection

• Clean planting material

• Availability of planting material

• Market acceptance