Synonymy of two ancient grapevine cultivars (Vitis vinifera L.) -Cascón and Corbillón- from the D.O. Rías baixas ribeira do Ulla subzone (Galicia, Spain)

Abstract

In 1986, the Spanish CSIC began a project to find, describe, and recover ancient grapevine cultivars in the regions of Galicia and Asturias. Almost 100 such cultivars have been found, all of which now form part of the grapevine collection at the Mision Biologica de Galicia (CSIC). Until now, the red cultivars Cascon and Corbillon, two of the most ancient cultivars of the Ribeira do Ulla subzone Protected Designation of Origen (P. D. O.) Rias Baixas, remained undescribed. An ampelographic and molecular analysis of these cultivars showed them to in fact be one and the same. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.