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Forcallat
Forcallat tinta is a red Spanish wine grape variety that is native to the Castile-La Mancha region of central Spain, as well as in Alicante and Valencia provinces in the Valencian Community. The name of the cultivar means "forked" in Valencian, which probably refers to the bunches having a wing or shoulder, rather than a tendency to produce forked vines as suggested by Favà. Xavier Favà i Agud. "Diccionari dels noms de ceps i raïms. L'ampelonímia catalana". Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2001. It tends to produce color (wine), pale-colored wines and is most often used as a minor blending component in ''Vino de la Tierra'' (VdlT) wines. It is an authorized variety in the Comunitat Valenciana, where it has become almost extinct and only a few wine makers like Rafael Cambra are making efforts to recover it, with interesting proposals like La forcallà d'Antònia. Extant plots are found in Fontanars dels Alforins, La Font de la Figuera, Villena and probably Moixent, though the culti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forcallat Blanca
Forcallat tinta is a red Spanish wine grape variety that is native to the Castile-La Mancha region of central Spain, as well as in Alicante and Valencia provinces in the Valencian Community. The name of the cultivar means "forked" in Valencian, which probably refers to the bunches having a wing or shoulder, rather than a tendency to produce forked vines as suggested by Favà. Xavier Favà i Agud. "Diccionari dels noms de ceps i raïms. L'ampelonímia catalana". Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2001. It tends to produce pale-colored wines and is most often used as a minor blending component in '' Vino de la Tierra'' (VdlT) wines. It is an authorized variety in the Comunitat Valenciana, where it has become almost extinct and only a few wine makers like Rafael Cambra are making efforts to recover it, with interesting proposals like La forcallà d'Antònia. Extant plots are found in Fontanars dels Alforins, La Font de la Figuera, Villena and probably Moixent, though the cultivar was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
