Baron (grape variety)

Baron is a fungus- resistant red wine variety bred in 1983 . Baron was at the State Weinbauinstitut Freiburg by Norbert Becker from the varieties Cabernet Sauvignon (as parent variety, ♀), and Bronner (as father places ♂) crossed . The Bronner grape variety, in turn, emerged from the parent varieties Merzling (as mother variety , ♀) and Gm 6494 (as father population, ♂). Despite the influence of the Vitis amurensis grape variety over the Gm 6494 variety, Baron does not belong to the hybrid grape family . The Cabernet Carbon grape variety emerged from the same cross .

Baron was registered by the breeder under the breeding line number FR 455-83 r, applied for at the Bundessortenamt in Hanover (BSA) for plant variety protection and entry in the list of varieties . Smallest stocks are also known in Switzerland (0.08 hectares, status 2009, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG).

The name "Baron" alludes to the noble character of the grape variety.

Properties of the vine

The leaves are medium-sized and brightly shiny green. The grapes are elongated and cylindrical. Budding, flowering and the beginning of ripening take place around the same time as Pinot Noir. The frost resistance is considered good. The variety demands good locations with sufficient ripening time.

Properties of the wine

The wines from Burgundy type are strong, dye-rich and have strong tannins . The variety can be used unmixed as well as blended with Burgundy wines.

Synonyms

The Baron grape variety is also known under the breeding line number FR 455-83 r.

ancestry

To cross this variety, Norbert Becker used the parent varieties Cabernet Sauvignon as mother and Bronner as father, which in turn emerged from the crossing of Merzling X Gm 6494 (or Geisenheim 6494). Gm 6494 was a seedling population that was crossed in 1964 by Professor V. Kraus in what was then Czechoslovakia from the grape varieties Zarya Severa x St. Laurent . Prof. Kraus offered the seedlings to Prof. Dr. Helmut Becker (1927–1990), who worked at the Geisenheim research institute at the time, recognized the importance of this material and further processed it in breeding in progeny tests. The seedling Gm 6494-5 was selected from the seedling population Gm 6494 due to its special performance and was later propagated and put into practice under the variety name Rondo as an independent grape variety.

Norbert Becker erroneously researched Saperawi Severni instead of Zarya Severa as the mother variety for the seedling population, which was only given the designation Gm 6494 in Geisenheim, when Prof. V. Kraus was crossed in 1964 . A differentiated follow-up research by N. Becker's successor Volker Jörger together with colleagues from the Geisenheim research institute was able to show the error and the true parenthood has now been clarified in specialist circles since 2003. However, these findings could no longer be included in the 13th edition of the Taschenbuch der Weinsorten .

Parentage: Cabernet Sauvignon × ( Merzling × ( Zarya Severa × St. Laurent ))

See also : List of grape varieties , viticulture in Germany and viticulture in Switzerland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wine year 2009 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG 

Web links

• Baron (FR 455-83r). Staatliche Weinbauinstitut Freiburg, August 16, 2013, accessed on April 13, 2015 ( PDF; 99 kB ). 
• Baron in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

literature

• Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff, Taschenbuch der Rebsorten , Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 13th edition 2003 ISBN 3-921156-53-X