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Macabeo

White variety of wine grape

Field	Value
name	Macabeo
color	Blanc
color_alt	White
image	Maccabeo blanc.jpg
caption	Macabeo in Viala & Vermorel
species	Vitis vinifera
also_called	Viura, Macabeu and other synonyms
origin	Spain
pedigree1	Hebén
pedigree2	Brustiano faux
hazards
regions	Rioja, Catalonia
notable_wines	Cava, white Rioja
wines	Crowd Wine Penedès

Macabeo, also called Viura or Macabeu (, ), is a white variety of wine grape.

It is widely grown in the Rioja region of northeastern Spain, the Cava producing areas south of Barcelona, and the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. Spanish plantations stood at nearly 45000 ha in 2015, making it the second most grown white grape variety in Spain. In France, plantations accounted for 2800 ha in 2007. Since 2009, some Macabeo is grown in Israel.

Styles and winemaking

A white Rioja made mostly from the Viura grape.

The grape is mostly used to make mildly acidic and young white wines mostly suitable for early consumption or blending with other varieties, both red and white. Some of the most pleasurable examples of the variety are planted along the Pyrenees, where it is used to produce highly saline and textural white wine.

It is often the main grape of white Rioja and is sometimes blended in small amounts with Tempranillo and red Garnacha, both in unoaked and oaked versions. It was introduced in Rioja after the phylloxera epidemic, where it largely replaced Malvasia and Garnacha blanca, partially because of the ability of its wines to better withstand oxidation. Some producers of white Rioja make superior wines (Reserva and Gran Reserva) subjected to extended ageing that can span decades, resulting in a highly distinctive and aromatic wine.

Macabeo (or Macabeu, as it is known in Catalan) is traditionally blended with Xarel·lo and Parellada to make cava, the best-known sparkling wine of Spain, and it is also used on its own in varietal wines. It is also used in the base spirit used to create Obsello Absinthe.

In Roussillon, late-picked Macabeo is also used in fortified wine (vin doux naturel). As well as on its own as exceptional young white wine

Synonyms

Macabeo is also known by the following synonyms: Alcañol, Alcañón, Blanca de Daroca, Charas blanc, Forcalla, Gredelín, Lardot, Listan Andaludschii, Listan Andaluzskii, Lloza, Macaban, Macabeu, Maccabeo, Maccabeou, Maccabeu, Makkobeo, Malvoisie, Provensal, Queue de Renard, Rossan, Subirat, Tokay, Viura. Some of these synonyms are also proper names of other grape varieties.

References

[http://www.onivins.fr/pdfs/457.pdf Viniflhor stats 2008: ''Les cepages blanc dans le vignoble''] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-01)
(2019-09-07). "אסף פז ממשיך להפתיע – המקבאו הראשון בארץ, יצירה חדשה של יקב ויתקין".
(2006). "Macabeo". Oxford University Press.
. (August 2017). ["VIURA"](http://www.vivc.de/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&id=13127). *Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR)*.

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