EFFECTS OF LATE MECHANIZED LEAF REMOVAL ABOVE THE CLUSTERS ZONE TO DELAY GRAPE RIPENING IN 'SANGIOVESE' VINES

A. Palliotti, Stefano Poni, R. Cini, Alberto Palliotti, F. Leoni, O. Silvestroni

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Abstract

The responses to late season mechanical leaf removal (four weeks after verasion) conducted above the clusters zone in ‘Sangiovese’/3309 C vines trained to spur-pruned cordon were assessed in 2011 as grape composition, wine quality and replenishment of the reserve in roots and stems. Eliminating 36% of the more functional leaves (i.e. median leaves and a fraction of well-expanded apical leaves of either primary and lateral shoots) resulted an effective, easy-to-do and economically viable method (it required only 3-4 hours per hectare) to slow grape ripening and obtain grapes with reduced soluble solids concentration and wine with lower alcohol content (-0.6%). Concurrently, the concentration of phenolics compounds in the grapes, the chemical and chromatic characteristics of the wines and the replenishment of the reserves (alcohol-soluble sugars, starch and total nitrogen) in the stems and roots were unaffected as compared to the non defoliated vines. This preliminary data also suggest that, in ‘Sangiovese’, a robust response can be achieved if leaf removal is performed when the soluble solids concentration in the berries ranges around 15-16 °Brix and while severity of defoliation should not be less than 35-40% of the pending total leaf area.
Lingua originaleEnglish
Titolo della pubblicazione ospiteISHS Acta Horticulturae 978: I International Workshop on Vineyard Mechanization and Grape and Wine Quality
Pagine301-307
Numero di pagine7
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2013
EventoI International Workshop on Vineyard Mechanization and Grape and Wine Quality - Piacenza
Durata: 27 giu 201229 giu 2012

Workshop

WorkshopI International Workshop on Vineyard Mechanization and Grape and Wine Quality
CittàPiacenza
Periodo27/6/1229/6/12

Keywords

  • anthocyanins/sugar ratio
  • berry composition,
  • leaf area/yield ratio
  • reserve storage

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