Chatus

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Chatus
Synonyms Nebbiolo de Dronero, Siramuse - for more see the Synonyms section
Chatus
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color bluish black
use
origin France
VIVC no. 22650
List of grape varieties
Depiction of Valmorel

Chatus is a red wine that is cultivated in the French department of Ardèche . It is usually expanded in a blend with other varieties such as the Syrah variety .

Origin, descent

The grape variety comes from France and was first described by the ampelograph Victor Pulliat. Most likely, the variety is a natural descendant of the Heunisch variety . The name of the variety may come from the hamlet "Chatus", part of the municipality of Verclause in the canton of Rémuzat in the Drôme department .

distribution

At the beginning of the 1990s, the area under vines was only 18 hectares. Before the phylloxera disaster , the variety was very widespread in the high altitudes around the Central Massif and in the Drôme region. Smaller stocks are also known in Italy.

World cultivation area of ​​the variety in 2016: 62 ha in France, 9 ha in Italy

Synonyms

Bolgnino, Bourgnin, Bournin, Brachet, Brunetta, Burgnin, Carbesse, Chanu, Chany, Charagnot, Charamiot, Chatelos, Chatelus, Chatos, Chatut, Chenu, Corbeil, Corbel, Corbelle, Corbes, Corbesse, Cornaglietta, Courbet, Gros Chenu, Houron , Korbel, Korbess, Mauvais Noir, Mouraud, Mouret, Mouret Noir, Mourre, Nebbiolo di Dronero, Nebbiolo Dronero, Nebbiolo Pairole, Negru Romanesc, Neiret, Neiret Pinerolese, Neretto, Ouron, Persagne Gamay, Scarlattin, Scheibkern, Sharlattin, Scheibkern Siramuse, Syramhuse, Syramuse, Vert Chanu, Vert Chenu .

Despite apparently indicative synonyms or morphological similarities, it must not be confused with the varieties Nebbiolo and Neret di Saint Vincent .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

  • The shoot tip is open. It is very hairy with white wool and the tips are colored carmine red. The spotted bronze-colored young leaves are still woolly hairy.
  • The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented. The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The blade is bluntly serrated.
  • The cylindrical to conical grape is medium to large and dense berries. The rounded ones are small and bluish-black in color.

Maturity: medium to late - ripens approx. 5–6 days after the Gutedel .

properties

The moderately growing variety is very susceptible to powdery mildew , downy mildew and winter frost.

Wine

The wine of the grape Chatus is very dark and rich in tannins . It should therefore be stored for at least 5–7 years before consumption.

Breeds

As "Nebbiolo de Dronero", Chatus was a popular crossbreeding partner for the breeder Giovanni Dalmasso (1886–1974) in his new breeds Albarossa , Cornarea , Nebbiera , Passau, San Martino (1), San Michele , Soperga and Valentino Nero .

literature

  • Pierre Galet: Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
  2. ↑ K. Anderson, NR Aryal: Database of National, Regional and Global Winegrapes Bearing areas by Variety, 1960 to 2016 Format: xlsx, August 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ Chatus in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English) August 28, 2020