Alicantina
Description | Alicante Bouschet or Alicante Henri Bouschet is a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1866. It is a cross of Petit Bouschet (itself a cross of the very old variety Teinturier du Cher and Aramon) and Grenache. Alicante is a teinturier, a grape with red flesh. It is one of the few teinturier grapes that belong to the Vitis vinifera species. Its deep colour makes it useful for blending with light red wine. It was planted heavily during Prohibition in California for export to the East Coast. Its thick skin made it resistant to rot during the transportation process. The intense red color was also helpful for stretching the wine during prohibition, as it could be diluted without detracting from the appearance. At the turn of the 21st century, Alicante Bouschet was the 12th most planted red wine grape in France with sizable plantings in the Languedoc, Provence and Cognac regions. In 1958, Alicante Bouschet covered 24,168 hectares (mainly across southern France); by 2011, plantings represented less than 4,000 hectares. This scenario is largely reversed in other regions of Europe, and in southern Portugal, where its wines are highly prized and frequently outscore traditional autochthonous varieties. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicantina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Globigerinidae : Alicantina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Alicantina Soldan, Petrizzo & Premoli Silva, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Soldan, D.M., Petrizzo, M.R. and Premoli Silva, I. (2018). Alicantina, a new Eocene planktonic foraminiferal genus for the lozanoi group. Journal of Foraminiferal Research,. 48: 41-52. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicantina |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Alicantina lozanoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Alicantina prolata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
References
Soldan, D.M., Petrizzo, M.R. and Premoli Silva, I. (2018). Alicantina, a new Eocene planktonic foraminiferal genus for the lozanoi group. Journal of Foraminiferal Research,. 48: 41-52. - via World Register of Marine Species |