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The Boschera Wine Grape in Italy

Boschera - The Grape and the Wines

The Boschera grape is cultivated exclusively in Veneto, particularly in the province of Treviso and especially in the area of Vittorio Veneto, where it is native. The Boschera grape is rarely found as a pure variety and is included in the blend for Torchiato di Fregona. Vittorio Veneto is located in the northern part of the Treviso province, almost at the border with Belluno and at the foot of the Prealps. The Vittorio Veneto area is known for its excellent products and the beauty of its hilly landscape. Boschera is a little-known native grape variety, with few producers having decided to enhance its characteristics by vinifying it as a pure variety.

The Boschera grape is particularly suitable for the drying process. Along with the Glera and Verdiso grape varieties, which are the main grapes of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG denomination, it is left to dry on racks and then vinified around Easter to obtain one of Italy’s finest sweet wines, the Torchiato di Fregona DOCG. The late vinification of these dried grapes was necessary due to the grape’s high acidity, which also makes it particularly suitable for blends intended for sparkling wines. Starting in the early 2000s, Boschera began to be vinified as a pure variety, thanks to advances in winemaking techniques, producing a golden straw-yellow wine that is fruity, mineral, and has distinct notes of unripe apple.

boschera a native wine grape of Italy

Boschera - General Info Table

Boschera is one of the  Native Grapes with White berry widespread mainly in Veneto, officially listed in the “Catalogo nazionale varietà di vite” since . Its surface under vines in Italy is 6 ha.
Berry colorWhite berry
Grape CategoryNative Grapes
Main RegionVeneto
Surface under Vines in Italy6 ha

Boschera - Ampelographic Data

Each grape variety is characterized by Ampelographic Descriptors that define the appearance of its main elements. The ampelographic features of the Boschera grape variety are:
Leaf Features
The leaf of the Boschera grape variety is big, pentagonal, with five lobes.
Bunch Features
The bunch of the Boschera grape variety is dense, medium-sized, pyramidal.
Berry Features
The berries of the Boschera grape variety are medium-sized shape and with speckled, not very waxy, firm, thick and yellow-greenish colored skin.

Boschera - Wine Features

The Varietal Wine obtained from each and every Grape Variety, features precisely defined organoleptic characteristics. Referred to Boschera grapes, they are as follows:
Varietal Wine's features
The wine obtained from Boschera grapes is . On the palate the wine is etheral.

Boschera - Agricultural & Productive Features

Each and every grape variety features very specific agricultural and productive characteristics, such as productivity, yield, ripening time, the ideal type of climate or pruning system, sensitivity to adversities, varying degrees of disease resistance and many others. For the Boschera grape variety, the main characteristics are:
Ripening timelate, medium
Vegetative vigorhigh vigor

Boschera - Appellations of Origin

The Quattrocalici Grape Varieties Database collects data on all grape varieties that are explicitly mentioned in at least one Italian PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) or PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) denomination. The Boschera grape variety is mentioned in the regulations of the following denominations:
DenominationTypeRegion
Colli di Conegliano DOCGDOCGVeneto
Colli di Conegliano DOCG sottozona Torchiato di FregonaSottozona DOCGVeneto
Colli Trevigiani IGTIGTVeneto