Virus elimination in progres
VIRUS ELIMINATION PATENT OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Client: P.O. PITVE EKO, Pitve 71, 21465 Jelsa, VINA MARIJAN Winemaker/vineyard: Tonči Marijan Location of the current vineyard: Vron Bod (southern exposure of the island of Hvar) Location of the future vineyard: Pitve (northern exposure of the island of Hvar)
Variety for virus elimination/sanitation procedure: Plavac mali (small loose cluster, soft stems, firm berry skin suitable for longer ripening on the vine and later harvests, larger and more regular fruiting on buds closer to the stem)
The winemaker’s philosophy: raise a vineyard of a chosen plavac mali clone with with exclusively virus-free plants and produce wine of the highest quality year after year.
Location of the vineyard, a source of plant material subjected to virus elimination procedure.
Location of the vineyard, a source of plant material subjected to virus elimination/sanitation procedure (left, photo: Tonči Marijan).
The inflorescence of Plavac mali vine selected for virus elimination/sanitation (middle, photo: Nenad Malenica). Explants isolated from the inflorescence in plant tissue culture (right, photo: Dunja Leljak Levanić).
Immature and mature bunch of selected plavac mali vine (photo: Tonči Marijan)
Sugar elimination in must from a selected vineyard of Plavac mali (25° according to Babo). Winemaker Tonči Marijan received the highest award for the quality of his wines at Decanter’s 2019 competition: the gold medal for Plavac Mali wine, vintage 2012, with 95 points.
The highest award for the quality of his wines vintner and winemaker Tonči Marijan has received at Decanter’s 2019 competition: the gold medal for Plavac Mali wine, vintage 2012, with 95 points.
Contact
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
nenad.malenica@biol.pmf.hr
+385(0)1 4606 272
dunja.leljak-levanic@biol.pmf.hr
+385(0)1 4606 263
