Abouriou
| Abouriou | |
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| Synonyms | see section synonyms |
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | black |
| use | |
| origin | France |
| known since | 1882 |
| VIVC no. | 34 |
| ancestry | |
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Seedling from an old French grape variety |
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| List of grape varieties | |
The Abouriou red grape is mainly grown in south-west France . The 'Abouriou' variety is probably an autochthonous variety of the Lot-et-Garonne department and was created as a seedling of an old French grape variety of unknown origin. Numa Naugé, who lives in Sénézelles near Casseneuil , presented it to the public in 1882 and reported that the seedling had been discovered 40 years earlier on a stone wall of a ruin near Villeréal . “Abouriou” is the local dialect name for the expression “early maturity”.
Ampelographic features
The grapes are medium in size, very compact, and the berries are black in color. They are round and very juicy. The early ripening variety is high-yielding and fungus-resistant. The wine is very dark and has fruity notes of strawberry, raspberry and currant; but it lacks the acid .
distribution
The population of 'Abouriou' is dwindling. In 2007, 388 hectares of vineyards were raised in France (source ONIVINS ). 'Abouriou' is permitted in red wines from AC Côtes du Marmandais and Vins d'Estaing as well as in several Vin de Pays in the Sud-Ouest and Loire regions . The variety is also grown in Australia and California (→ Viticulture in California ). Here the synonyms Beaujolais or Gamay Beaujolais led to some confusion, as it could easily be confused with the real Gamay vine. Paul Truel of the University of Montpellier also identified the variety known in California as 'Early Burgundy' as 'Abouriou'.
Synonyms
The grape variety Abouriou is also known under the names Beaujolais, Early Burgundy or Early Burgundy, Gamay Beaujolais, Gamay du Rhône, Loubéjac, Malbec argenté, Négret de la Canourgue, Noir hâtif, Pinotou, Plant Abouriou, Précoce Naugé, Préco de Bourg and Préco de Bourgé known.
See also
Web links
- Abouriou in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
- Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes. A complete guide to 1368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavors . 1st edition. ecco, 2012, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento of January 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), statistics on red grape varieties per Greater Region, Part 1, publication by the Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Legumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture - ONIVINS, as of 2008
- ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), statistics on red grape varieties per greater region, part 2, publication by the Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Legumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture - ONIVINS, as of 2008
- ↑ Abouriou in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)