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Alicante Bouschet is one of the few varietals with a tinged flesh, which has a deep purple colour. The phenolic content is high, as it’s not only present in the skin. The wines produced with this grape variety are usually powerful with a grassy and bitter finish together with a balanced acidity and alcohol. The malolactic fermentation softens the tannins and the grassy finish and therefore the wines get rounder. Another good option for this variety is the ageing in oak, as long as it’s not excessive. Most wines of Alicante Bouschet are aromatic (mainly resin and black fruit), thick and with a big mouthfeel. It’s a productive grape that allows severe pruning and which may easily be grown on a trellis system. Its cycle is not short and it’s not very resistant to fungal diseases. Particularly sensitive to downy mildew, excoriosis, grape moth, but less to botrytis and mites.

AMPELOGRAPHIC DETAILS

YOUNG SHOOTS

Distribution of anthocyanin pigmentation (shoot tips)	Quite important (deep red)
Fuzz (or hair) density (shoot tips)	High

SHOOTS

Growth	Semi-creeping
Back side internode colour	Green with deep red lines
Internodes fuzz (or hair) density	Low
	In August, shoots turn to yellowish light brown and deeply grooved.

TENDRILS

Length

Long

VINE STOCK

Vigour	Medium
Growth	Rather recumbent
Budbreak	Medium cycle
Ripening	Early

ADULT LEAF

Size	Medium
Leaf blade shape	Orbicular hardly lobed
Swelling on the upper side	Curved edges towards the underside
Serrations (shape and length)	Straight, small and sharp
Petiolar sinus shape	V-shaped (barely opened)
Petiole (shape and colour)	Cylindrical, long and reddish green
Anthocyanin pigmentation of underside main veins	Tinged
FOLIAR SINUS
Fuzz (or hair) density between veins (bent hairs)	Scarce
Fuzz (or hair) density between veins (upright hairs)	Scarce

BUNCH / CLUSTER

Size and compactness	Medium
Petiole length	Short

BERRY

Size	Medium
Shape	Spherical
Point of rupture	Spherical and clearly apparent
Skin colour and thickness	Bluish black and thick
Anthocyanin pigmentation of flesh	Highly tinged (purple)
Special flavours	Neutral
Pedicel detachment	Easy
Seeds	Yes
Main colour (without visible surface bloom)	Purplish black