Clonal preselection of grapevine cultivars of the appellation "Cangas Quality Wine" (Asturias, Spain)

Loureiro M.D., Moreno-Sanz P., Suarez B. - lected for clonal preselection. Agronomic and enological data were collected over three years. Those plants exhibiting above average values of probable alcohol content and yield for their respective vineyards were tested for viruses so as to discard unhealthy individuals. Six loci microsatellites were analysed to verify the identity of the selected plants. A final number of 62 clones belonging to these cultivars were selected for planting in a plot for their subsequent study under homogeneous conditions.