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Details for: DVIT 802, Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera, Malbec

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera

Top Name:

Malbec

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	5 count		DVIT 802 0000C PL

Note: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.
This accession has been replaced by an alternate accession maintained in a micro-mesh screenhouse.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera

Top Name:

Malbec

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Donated

01 January 1983.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; Dr. Olmo, UC Davis, Viticulture Dept., received accession from an unknown source at the University
Donor(s):

Olmo, Harold P., University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

Malbec

Type: Unverified name

X18:5-6

Type: Donor identifier

University of California, Davis, Viticulture Dept. vineyard location while under the care of Dr. Olmo

Olmo, Harold P. University of California

DVIT 802

Type: Site identifier

Agreste

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Auxerrois

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Auxerrois De Laquenexy

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Auxerrois Des Moines De Picpus

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Auxerrois Du Mans

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Balouza

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Beran

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Blanc De Kienzheim

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Cahors

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Calarin

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Cauli

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Costa Rosa

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Cot

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Cot a Queue Verte

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Cotes Rouges

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Doux Noir

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Estrangey

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Gourdaux

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Grelot de Tours

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Grifforin

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Guillan

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Hourcat

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Jacobain

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Luckens

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Magret

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Malbek

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Medoc Noir

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Mouranne

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Navarien

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Negre De Prechac

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Negrera

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Noir De Chartres

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Noir De Pressac

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Noir Doux

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Nyar De Presak

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Parde

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Perigord

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Pied De Perdrix

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Pied Noir

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Pied Rouge

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Pied Rouget

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Piperdy

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Plant D'Arles

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Plant De Meraou

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Plant Du Roi

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Prechat

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Pressac

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Prunieral

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Quercy

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Queue Rouge

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Quille De Coy

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Romieu

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Teinturin

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Terranis

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Vesparo

Type: Other or unclassified name

synonym

Narrative

Per Galet (see citation): "Growing tip: felty, white with faint rose margin. Leaf: orbicular, 135-3-46. Shoot: thick, ribbed, prominent nodes, reddish on both sides. Cane: smooth, clear beige, darker nodes, no bloom. Cluster: medium, fairly loose; berries small 10-12mm, round, black, pulpy. Generally known for its cultivation in the Bordeaux region, Malbec is also grown in the Loire Valley and the Southwest. It is a moderate producer whose wine is rich in tannin and color and, while less aromatic than the Cabernets, is softer and may be drunk younger. In the Loire Valley, it is blended with Gamay and Cabernet Franc or vinified alone to produce fruity, rose wines. In the Mediterranean regions, it may be used to soften the wines of Carignane. Budbreak is early and maturity is very early. The leaves turn partially red in autumn. Moderately vigorous, its chief cultural defect is coulure; to increase the fruit set it is often cane pruned on weak rootstocks, principally Riparia Gloire and 420A. It must have a sufficient crop load from the beginning to prevent over vigorous wood development. Malbec is sensitive to downy mildew, botrytis, and phompsis, but has some resistance to powdery mildew. It is very tender, easily injured by low winter temperatures." Information taken from http://www.wine-lovers-page.com/wineguest/wgg.html: "Also grown in the cooler regions of California, the vine is widely planted in Argentina where it is being used to produce very popular varietal wines. It is now thought that the variety known as Fer in that country is actually a Malbec clone. As a varietal it creates a rather intense, inky, red wine so it is also commonly used in blends, such as with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, to create the renowned red French Bordeaux 'claret' blend. In California and other areas it is increasingly being used for "

Vitis vinifera L. subspp. vinifera

Genus:

Vitis

Subgenus:

Vitis

Family:

Vitaceae

Subfamily:

Vitoideae

Nomen number:

426915

Verified:

01/24/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Vitis vinifera L. (215 active accession[s])
Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris Hegi (82 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Vitis vinifera L. var. sativa DC.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sativa (DC.) Hegi

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	wine grape			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	lambrusque			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	vigne			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	vigne vinifère			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Weinrebe			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	lambrusca			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian	vite			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese	vinho			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	parra			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	vid			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	vino			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 06 Aug 2002, from Vitis vinifera L. to Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 24 Sep 2007, from Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera to Vitis vinifera L.
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 02 Oct 2007, from Vitis vinifera L. to Vitis vinifera L. subsp. vinifera

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Citations

Galet, P. 1979. A practical ampelography: grapevine identification Comstock Pub. Associates, Ithaca, New York, USA. 75. Number of accessions cited: 0

Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	1st Titratable Acidity	Percent Tartaric Acid for 50-100 berries	.6891		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
CHEMICAL	1st Lab Brix Measurement	Ave. percent sugar content, measured with a digital refractometer, for 50-100 berries, harvested after the field Brix > 20	20.9		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
DISEASE	Disease	Observation of presence of disease on fruit	Absent		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Berry Shape	Typical berry shape	3 - Roundish		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Berry Weight	Average weight of 50 berries	3.66		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Seed Color	Observation of typical seed color	1		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Flesh Firmness	Weight necessary for cracking the berries.	Soft		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Number of Seeds/Berry	Average number of seeds per berry for 10 fruit	1.9		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Seed Weight	Weight in grams of ten seeds.	1		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Cluster Weight	Average weight in grams of one cluster with two replicates.	106.6		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Sex of Flower	Observation during flowering, mean value of 10 inflorescences	3 - Hermaphrodite (Concord)		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Sex of Flower	Observation during flowering, mean value of 10 inflorescences	3 - Hermaphrodite (Concord)		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Sex of Flower	Observation during flowering, mean value of 10 inflorescences	3 - Hermaphrodite (Concord)		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Sex of Flower	Observation during flowering, mean value of 10 inflorescences	3 - Hermaphrodite (Concord)		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh Color	Flesh colored or not colored	1 - Flesh not colored		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf lobes on mature leaf	Observation of the number of lobes on mature leaves	2 - Three		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Shape of Mature Leaf	Shape of a mature count leaf on a count shoot.	3 - Pentagonal		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot Young Tip Color	Color of the young shoot tip	4 - Red		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot Young Tip Color	Color of the young shoot tip	4 - Red		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot habit	Observation of shoot habit	3 - Semi-erect		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot Tip Color Intensity	Intensity of the color of the young shoot tip	5 - Medium		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot Tip Color Intensity	Intensity of the color of the young shoot tip	5 - Medium		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot tip form	Observation of shoot tip form	5 - Fully-open		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Petiolar Sinus Tooth	Observation of petiolar sinus tooth presence	0 - Absent		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Berry Skin Pigment 2	Observation of typical skin color 2	6 - Blue-black		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Bunch Density	Observation of cluster density	3 - Loose (single berries with		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	1st Cluster Length	Length of a first cluster in centimeters	128		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Bunch Morphology	Observation of cluster shape	2		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	1st Cluster Width	Width of a first cluster in centimeters	91.7		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Naked Vein	Observation of naked vein presence	0 - Absent		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Peduncle Length	Length of peduncle of a first cluster in centimeters	15		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Petiolar Sinus Mature Leaf	General shape of petiole sinus	6		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
MORPHOLOGY	Percentage of Shot Berries	Observation of percent of shot berries	15		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	Bud Burst Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the buds are wooly	77		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	Bud Burst Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the buds are wooly	77		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Bud Burst Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the buds are wooly	96		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	Bud Burst Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the buds are wooly	96		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Leaf Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the buds have a green leaf	81		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	Leaf Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the buds have a green leaf	81		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Bloom Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the grape flowers are in bloom	127		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	Bloom Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the grape flowers are in bloom	127		GRAPE.WEO.1996	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Bloom Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the grape flowers are in bloom	135		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000D PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Bloom Date	Julian days from January 1 when 50% of the grape flowers are in bloom	136		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	Observation Date	Julian days from January 1 when laboratory observations were made.	238		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PHENOLOGY	1st Brix and TA Date	Julian days from January 1 when brix (LBRIX) and the Titratable Acidity (TITRATCID) were measured	238		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL
PRODUCTION	Flavor	Particular flavor of berries	0 - None (no especially distinctive flavor)		GRAPE.CHAR.WEO.2009	DVIT 802 0000C PL