Bouillet (grape variety)

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Bouillet is an autochthonous red grape variety from the Sud-Ouest wine-growing region in southwest France . It has often been confused with the Jurançon Noir variety , although the leaf structure of both varieties is different. Guy Lavignac believes bouillet is a mutation of Jurançon Noir. Paul Truel provided the correct first description , although the variety had been mentioned in writing since 1780. Bouillet makes light red wines with strong acidity and a slight bitter tone. Their cultivation is recommended in the Lot-et-Garonne department; it is approved in the Dordogne department. The current cultivation area is less than 20 hectares after it was 176 hectares in 1958.

Synonyms

The Bouillet grape variety is also known under the names Bouiller noir, Fouine, Mondeuse noir, Plant dame noir, Plant de Mérille and Quillard.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is hairy with white wool and occasionally colored carmine red. The green young leaves are slightly woolly hairy and spotted bronze (anthocyanin spots).
  • The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented (see also the article leaf shape ). The stem bay is open in a U-shape. The sheet is serrated to a point. The teeth are closely set compared to other grape varieties.
  • The cylindrical grape is medium-sized (on average 289 grams) and dense berries. The round berries are medium-sized (2.7 grams on average) and black and blue in color.

The high-yielding variety ripens around 20 days after the Gutedel and is therefore already considered to ripen late. Bouillet is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bouillet in the INRA database.

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