Wine-making grape variety.
Name - Origin
Αλιγοτέ.
A wine grape variety of French origin, recently introduced in Cyprus. Its cultivation has a high yield, it ripens one and a half months earlier than the local grapes and gives wines of superior quality (Great Encyclopaedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αλιγοτέ (aligote), 369).
Scientific name: aligoté (Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia, "Aligoté")
It is used for wine production (Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αλιγοτέ (aligote), 369).
Functional and symbolic role
It was first identified as a species in Burgundy, a region of France, in the 18th century (Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia, "Aligoté").
Additional information and bibliography
Pavlides A. (ed.) (1984), Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, Filokypros, Nicosia.
Web source: Wikipedia, The free encyclopedia, “Aligoté”, wikipedia.org/wiki/Aligoté
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