Serbian autochthonous vine varieties Smederevka (for white wines) and Prokupac (for rosé and red wines) are the primary representatives of typical characteristics of wines and terroir of numerous wine-growing areas in Serbia. In the past, these varieties were the leading vine varieties, however, as the result of globalization of winemaking and the trend of consumption of wines from widely prevalent vine varieties, they were replaced by introduced international varieties. Smederevka and Prokupac vine varieties are characterized by later time of grape ripening, and relative sensitivity to low temperatures. Climate conditions can be a restrictive factor for production of high-quality grapes and wine and for the spatial spreading of these varieties in hilly continental wine-growing areas.
This paper focuses on the spatial analysis of changes of main climate parameters, in particular, analysis of viticultural bioclimatic indices that were determined for the purposes of viticulture zoning of wine-growing areas in the period 1961-2010, and those same parameters determined for the current, that is, referential climate period (1988-2017). Results of the research, that is, analysis of climate changes indicate that the majority of examined climate parameters in the Oplenac wine-growing district improved from the perspective of Smederevka and Prokupac vine varieties. These studies of climate conditions indicate that changes of analyzed climate parameters, that is, bioclimatic indices will be favorable for cultivation of varieties with later grape ripening times and those more sensitive to low temperatures, such as the autochthonous vine varieties Smederevka and Prokupac, therefore, it is recommended to producers to more actively plant vineyards with these varieties in the territory of the Oplenac wine-growing district.
Authors: Darko Jaksic1, Mirjam Vujadinovic Mandic2, Ana Vukovic Vimic2, Veljko Perovic 3, Jordana Ninkov 4, Pierfederico La Notte5 and Ivan Bradic6
1Centre for Viticulture and Oenology Niš, Belgrade, Serbia
2Department of Viticulture, Institute of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
3Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
4Laboratory for Soil and Agroecology, Institute of Filed and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Novi Sad, Serbia
5Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) Bari, Italy
6Centre for Viticulture and Oenology Niš, Aleksandrovac, Serbia
Keywords: climate changes, Smederevka and Prokupac vine varieties, Oplenac wine-growing district
