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

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EMERGING GRAPE VARIETIESAshley Ratcliff/ James
Freckleton/ Nick DryThe Yalumba Wine Company
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• VARIETIES OF INTEREST

VermentinoTempranilloMontepulcianoFianoVerdejo
Nero dAvola
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• Selection Reasons

• Market interest
• Suitability to a changing climate
• Point of difference

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• 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)

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• Vermentino

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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

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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
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Tempranillo
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• 3 1 thumb
• Finger

• 2 Bud Spur

• 3 Bud 1 Bud
• alternating

• All 1 Bud

• Sawn

• 2 Bud Spur per position

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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

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Montepulciano
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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

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Fiano
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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

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Nero dAvola

• 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

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Nero dAvola
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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