Pruning of Neviglie vines

The pruning we prefer for our vineyards.

What is pruning?

Pruning includes a set of operations that are carried out on the plant and which mainly consist in eliminating part of its vegetative system.
It is an essential phase of care and attention to the vines that directly affects the quality of the wine, so we want to share it with you.

Why are vines pruned?

Pruning must be analyzed according to the different essential purposes for which it is carried out:

• push the vine to bear fruit from a young age

• make production as constant as possible, reducing production alternation as much as possible

• improve the quality of the fruit, which can be compromised by excess of quantity

• to give the vine a specific shape and keep it as long as possible over the years

What to consider before pruning vines

Pruning follows very specific physiological principles, which in part are common to pruning fruit plants in general:

• The vigor of the vine is directly proportional to the number of leaves it bears

• The production of flowers is inversely proportional to the vegetative activity of the plant

• The branches have a complementary development to the number of buds, or the smaller the number of buds preserved on the plant, the greater will be the development of each of the branches that will be generated

• The development of the fruits is complementary to that of the branches carried on the plant

• The relationship between root and air development must be such as to ensure a production compatible with the vigor of the plant

• The vertical position of a branch favors the vegetation, the inclined the fruiting

• All natural and / or artificial causes that delay the course of the sap in buds favors fruiting

• The vine carries the bunches on the buds of a year, originating from the branches of the second year.

The various types of vine pruning

Specifically, it is good to remember that the vine does not have wood buds and fruit buds, but mixed buds: each bud of the plant can give rise to bunches, unlike some arboreal plants.

With this premise, we are going to divide the various types of pruning into 3 main classes:

• Short pruning: in which branches are left with a number of buds not exceeding 2

• Long pruning: in which branches are left with a number of gems not less than 5/6

• Mixed pruning: in which there are both a spur with 2 buds, tendentially for the production of wood for the following year, and the branch called “fruit” for the production of the current year.

The pruning of our vines at Neviglie

For our company we follow the traditional mixed pruning with the Guyot training system.
 The Guyot training system consists of three basic cuts:

• Past in which the whole of the branches that have borne fruit in the previous year is eliminated

• Present in which a fruit of 7/8 buds is chosen, which, once folded in a horizontal position, will give rise to the production of the current year

• Future in which a spur is selected, which will then give rise to the future head of fruit for the following year.

At the end, proceed by bending the single selected branch on the vine in a horizontal direction and tying it to the support wire.

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