Primary study of enological variability of wines from different clones of Vitis vinifera L cv. Albariño grown in Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC)

Enological variability of musts and wines from eight clones of Albariño variety, grown in Misión Biológica de Galicia (NW Spain), was performed in this study. Data obtained were analyzed by ANOVA and principal component analysis. High enological variability among clones was found. Significant differences were found for all the classical parameters analyzed and these parameters were used in order to differentiate among the clones. CSIC-3 followed of CSIC-10 musts were the clones with highest maturation index (30.41 and 26.83, respectively) and CSIC-2 and CSIC-9 obtained the lowest index. Wines elaborated with CSIC-1, CSIC-2 and CSIC-3 clones have shown the maximum ethanol content and the highest levels of extract. Wines from different clones could be distinguished according to their classic parameters.