Kéknyelű Explained

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Species:	Vitis vinifera

Kéknyelű is a white Hungarian wine grape planted primarily in the Badacsony wine region near Lake Balaton. The grape produces full bodied, smokey wines.^[1]

It was assumed to be identical with the Italian grape variety Picolit.^[2] Nonetheless, in 2006 isoenzymes and microsatellite analyses have confirmed that these two cultivars are different.^[3]

Notes and References

1. J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition pg 112 Abbeville Press 2003
2. http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=5852 Picolit
3. 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.05.011 . 114 . Discrimination of the grapevine cultivars 'Picolit' and 'Kéknyelű' with molecular markers . 2007 . Scientia Horticulturae . 71–73 . Jahnke . G. . Korbuly . J. . Májer . J. . Molnár . J. Györffyné.