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Grape Variety: Verdejo

Variety Name	Verdejo
Common Synonyms	Verdejo blanco
All Synonyms	Boto de Gall, Boton de Gallo Blanco, Gouvelo, Verdal del Pais, Verdeja, Verdejo Palido, Verdelho, Verdejo blanca, Verdejo blanco
Countries of Origin	Spain
Species	Vitis vinifera
References	Show 3 references Hide references Robinson, J. 2006. The Oxford Companion to Wine. Third edition. Oxford University Press. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC). Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants (BAZ). Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ). August, 2007. Link The former National Grape Registry (NGR) was initially compiled and annotated using the earlier version of the Vitis database. The VIVC underwent a significant update beginning in 2007. Corresponding updates to this Registry will be made as necessary. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca, y Alimentacion. Undated. Variedades de vid, Registro de variedades comerciales. Secretaria General Tecnica, Centro de Publicaciones, Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, Madrid, Spain.
Berry Color	White
Uses	Wine
Comments	Verdejo is a Spanish grape variety that is planted primarily in Spain's Rueda region (Valladolid). DNA results in Madrid suggest that Verdejo is a synonym of a grape known in Valencia as Planta fina. Verdejo is ampellographically similar to Verdelho de Madeira but they are not the same grape variety.

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Verdejo Selections

Information about: Clonal Families, Selection Numbers and Registration Status

	Verdejo [01]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	ITACyL, Valladolid, Spain
Comments	This selection is one of a group of grape varieties that came to Foundation Plant Services in 2000 from the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyl) in Valladolid, Spain. The grape material was donated to the FPS public grapevine collection under a collaborative agreement between ITACyL and FPS. The source of this selection is CL-4, which stands for 'Castilla y León 4'. The original material successfully completed testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program and was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard as Verdejo 01. A backup vine was created by FPS in 2000 using microshoot tip tissue culture therapy. That backup vine was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2004 without assignment of a formal selection number. The backup vine successfully completed testing to qualify for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it will be planted in 2013 as Verdejo FPS 01.1.
	Verdejo [02]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Valladolid, Spain
Comments	This selection was imported to Foundation Plant Services in 2006 from Valladolid, Spain. Jesús Yuste of the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL) reports that the plant material is Verdejo clone 47. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Verdejo 02 was planted in FPS' Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2008.
	Verdejo [04]
Registration Status	Registered
Source	Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel, S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2004 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS in 2007. The treated material successfully completed testing at FPS and was released in 2013 as Verdejo 04. The treated material successfully completed testing for the 2010 Protocol in 2014. After several years as a proprietary selection, Verdejo 04.1 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019.
	Verdejo [598]
Registration Status	Provisional
Source	Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., Portugal
Comments	This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2007 from Jorge Böhm, Viveiros Plansel S.A., in Portugal. The material is JBP clone 598 from Spain. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2009 and was planted in the Classic Foundation Vineyard as Verdejo 598. After several years as a proprietary clone, Verdejo 598 was released to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2019.