Technological assessment of native grapes varieties for winemaking in the conditions of Southern Dagestan

Abstract

B The article says about the role of native varieties of Dagestan in improving the assortment of grapes. It provides the information on the indigenous grape varieties in the varietal composition of the vineyards of the region. A detailed technological assessment of four Dagestan native wine grape varieties of Scarlet Tersky, Asyl Kara, Gimra and Makhbor tsibil in the conditions of Southern Dagestan is given. The data of yield, mechanical composition of bunches, chemical composition of berries, chemical composition and tasting evaluation of red table wines from native grape varieties are given. Analysis of the chemical composition and organoleptic evaluation have shown that the wines from the indigenous varieties Asyl Kara, Gimra and Mahbor tsibil are at the level or superior in quality to the sample from the control variety Saperavi. Based on the research results, it is recommended to expand the area of grapes of the indigenous varieties Asyl Kara, Gimra and Makhbor tsibil in Southern Dagestan and the production of high-quality red table wines from them.