Graisse

Graisse is an old white grape variety that is grown in the Sud-Ouest wine-growing region in south-west France . It is in the department Gers , Haute-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne for commercial viticulture approved, but is rarely used. In 1998, a planted vineyard area of ​​less than 30 hectares was raised after in 1958 2,755 hectares were still under yield. In Sud-Ouest the variety is often used in mixed sentences .

The white wines are light, very simple and have a strong acidity . The grape variety plays a subordinate role in the production of Armagnac . While the variety is no longer grown in Tunisia , smaller stocks are known in Algeria .

No clones have yet been released for viticulture.

A study published in 2007 suggests that the grape variety Graisse is genetically closely related to a number of local varieties in the Sud-Ouest region and forms a grape family with them (e.g. Blancard , Claverie , Claverie coulard , Cruchen faux , Cruixen and crouchen ). It comes from the old Gouais Blanc grape variety . The other parent is currently unknown.

See also the articles Viticulture in France , Viticulture in Algeria and Viticulture in Tunisia, as well as the list of grape varieties .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. It is hairy white, with a carmine-red tinge. The yellowish young leaves are also woolly hairy.
• The large leaves (see also the article leaf shape ) are moderately five-lobed. The stalk bay is closed lyren-shaped. The leaf margin is bluntly serrated. The large teeth are closely set compared to other grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is blistered and coarse in the area of ​​the stalk bay.
• The conical to cylindrical grape is large, shouldered and dense berries. The round or slightly elliptical berries are medium-sized. They are whitish-yellow in color when fully ripe.

The Graisse grape variety ripens around 30 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late for a grape variety internationally. The variety is considered to be vigorous.

Synonyms

The grape variety Graisse is also known under the names Blanquette, Blanquette grise, Cargo saoumo, Cargo saumo, Chalosse, Cholosse, Clairette égreneuse, Cotiblanc, Cotilblanc (near Lavilledieu), Gras, Gras blanc, Grecho, Gros blanc, Jalosse, Mendic, Plant de graisse, Plant de Grecho, Plant de Mun, Président, Ramassaou blanc, Ramassou blanc, Taloche, Tizourine bou-aferara blanc and Tizourine bou-afrara.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Louis Bordenave, Thierry Lacombe, Valérie Laucou, Jean-Michel Boursiquot: Etude historique, génétique et ampélographique des cépages Pyrénéo Atlantiques . In: Le Bulletin de l'OIV . tape 80 , no. 920-921-922 , 2007, ISSN  0029-7127 , p. 553-586 (French, oiv.int [PDF; 5.3 MB ; accessed on November 26, 2014]). online ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Graisse in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .