The Wines, Vines, and Exciting Potential for New Jersey of Three Recently
Imported Italian Varieties
Dan Ward, Rutgers/NJAES Lawrence Coia, Coia Vineyards - owner
Marco Stefanini, FEM - Grapevine Breeder Claudio Moser, FEM - Molecular Biologist
Sergio Menapace, FEM - Director Arturo Pironti, FEM - Legal Counsel
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History of Imported vines from Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy
2010 2018 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Benchmarked to Bordeaux
and TAA
Initial discussions in TAA and NJ
OCPVA agreement with FPS.
Casetta released from
quaratine
MTA discussed
ECO1 and ECO3
released from quarantine
FEM patents ECO1,ECO2,
and ECO3
Double A nursery
contracted
ECO1 vines released to
OCPVA
Support from USDA/NJDA grants and Rutgers/NJAES
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• Excellent research and expertise • Similar climate to New Jersey • Unique Italian varieties • Benchmark for wines
Why Trentino Alto-Adige?
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Institute Agrario St Michael All’Adige Trento
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• Growing season length (TAA160-210, NJ 153-202 days) • Growing season rainfall (TAA 19-26, NJ 25-26 inches) • Growing degree days (TAA 2500-3600, NJ 2429-3659 GDD) • Avg growing season temp (TAA 59-66, NJ 63-67 F ) • Winter minimum temperatures (TAA and NJ mostly USDA
zones 6 & 7)
General Climate Similarities - Trentino Alto-Adige and New Jersey
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Italy Cold Hardiness Zones
Trentino Alto-Adige
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The cold hardiness of Trentino Alto-Adige varieties
Are mostly in the Moderately Hardy range (similar to Cab. Sauv., Viognier, etc.):
• Least Cold Hardy – Lagrein
• Intermediate Cold Hardiness – Marzemino, Teroldego, Casetta
• Most Cold Hardy – ECO1, ECO2, ECO3
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Three Intraspecies crosses of V. vinifera made in 1993 by Marco Stefanini of the FEM.
Teroldego x Lagrein IASMA ECO1, IASMA ECO2
Muscato Ottonel x Malvasia di Candia Aromatica IASMA ECO3
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Vine Description
• Good vigor, buds midseason. • Berries are yellow, medium-sized, spherical, medium skin
thickness. • Bunches medium sized, tapered, compact, often winged.
Productivity is good and consistent. • Acceptable-to-good resistance to berry splitting and Botrytis. • Good resistance to downy mildew and medium to powdery mildew. • Ripens September 10-20 and tolerates cold winters (in Trentino).
ECO3
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Wine Uses
• Well suited for the production of fresh, aromatic, white wines • Aroma resembles that of white peach, its organoleptic
characteristics are intense. • It gives medium bodied wines with good flavor, aromatic, and
distinctive. • It is well suited for producing a varietal, and also for blending.
ECO3
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Vine Description
• Variety has good vigor, early budding, berry is long and elliptical, skin is medium thickness and blue-black in color. Bunches long, winged-conical, and straggly.
• Productive and consistent with excellent resistance to berry splitting and Botrytis and some resistance to downy and powdery mildew.
• Ripens late, late September - early October with good tolerance to cold winters (in Trentino).
• Prefers medium-short cane pruning, the first fruitful bud is in the third-fourth position.
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Wine Uses
• The young wine is fruity, spicier with age. Good acidity. Deeply-colored and full-bodied.
• The variety is very well suited for producing fruity young wine and with oak ageing can achieve wines of complex character.
• It is also well suited for blending with other wines.
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Vineyard location: Molini Alti - San Michele all’Adige (TN) - Italy
Site type: Molini plot, hilly area near the Agricultural Institute, south west
exposure. Calcareous soil, fine loamy texture, low organic matter content
and balanced nutrients. Elevation = 200m.
Planted: 2016, Training=Guyot, Planting density=2500/A (?)
Harvest: 2nd October 2018,°Brix=24
Vinification: maceration for 20 days at low fermentation temperatures
(22-23°C) with frequent pumping over and punching down, followed by
malolactic fermentation before racking into oak barrels for aging.
Alcohol=14%.
ECO 1 Wine 2018
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Cooperation for success!
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