Aurore (grape variety)
Aurore is a white wine variety . It produces wines with a moderate Fox tone and is therefore only used for simple white wines. Due to its acidity , it is also used in sparkling wines .
The white grape variety is a new breed between the Seibel 788 and Seibel 29 varieties . The cross was made by the French breeder Albert Seibel . The Seibel 788 variety is a cross between Sicilien x Clairette dorée Ganzin ; Seibel 29 is a cross of the hybrid vine Jaeger 70 x Vitis vinifera bred by Hermann Jaeger . Due to the influence of its parents, the Aurore grape variety has the genes of the wild grapes Vitis vinifera , Vitis rupestris and Vitis aestivalis . Due to the slightly reddish color of the berries, the variety was named after Aurora , the goddess of the dawn. Aurore has hermaphrodite flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.
Before 1958, it was grown on almost 288 hectares in France in a region between Alsace and the Vendée department . There were even some plantings in the 19th arrondissement of the French capital. Today it can be found in Canada (approx. 220 ha) and on the cold North American east coast (700 ha), for example in the US state of New York ( Finger Lake ).
The early ripening and high-yielding variety has good resistance to the vine diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew .
Aurore is also known under the names Aurora, Feri Szölö, Financ Szölö, Redei and Seibel 5279 (the breeding line number).
See also
- Viticulture in Canada
- Viticulture in France
- Viticulture in the United States
- List of grape varieties
literature
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et vignobles de France, Tome 1 - les vignes américaines . 2nd Edition. 1988, ISBN 2-902771-03-7 (French).
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 (French).
Web links
- Aurore in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)