Cabernet Cubin

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Cabernet Cubin
Synonyms none - for more see section synonyms
Breeding number We 70-281-35
Cabernet Cubin
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color black
use
origin Germany
known since 1999
breeder Helmut Schleip, HE Hill, State Training and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing, Weinsberg
Breeding year 1970
Launch 1999
VIVC no. 20004
ancestry

Cross of
Blaufränkisch × Cabernet Sauvignon Clone Levadoux

List of grape varieties

Cabernet Cubin is a late-ripening and yield-secure new red wine variety with robust viticultural stock characteristics. It has many similarities, in appearance and in wine, to the cross-breeding partner Cabernet Sauvignon . The variety delivers very colorful, tannic wines with a note of cassis, which are very complex and rich in extracts. The wines need a longer maturity to bring their optimal quality.

origin

The variety was bred in 1970 by the State Training and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing in Weinsberg . In 1999 plant variety protection was applied for at the Bundessortenamt .

ancestry

Cross of Blaufränkisch × Cabernet Sauvignon -Clone Levadoux.

Ampelographic features

With its berry size and structure, the Cabernet Cubin grape is very reminiscent of the "father's grape", that is, the Cabernet Sauvignon .

  • The tip of the shoot is green and has only a few woolly hairs.
  • The shoots are strong.
  • The leaves are medium-sized, 5-lobed with a closed stalk bay.
  • The grape is medium to large, shouldered with medium berry density. The berries are round, small to medium-sized, blue-black in color with a fruity berry flesh taste.

Maturity: very late

Yield

Brings high secure yields.

Expectations

The location requirements are due to the late maturity high and the Pinot Noir similar.

Advantages and disadvantages

advantages
  • Is very flower-proof, so it has a secure yield.
  • Has good winter frost resistance.
disadvantage
  • Very good vineyards are required because of the later physiological maturity.
  • In some years, the physical approach can be too high. Yield regulation is necessary for good wine quality.

Wine

The Cabernet Cubin -wines have a pronounced Cabernet Sauvignon type, color strong, tannic with many fruit flavors. The Cabernet Cubin should mature in wooden casks for a long time. The variety is also very suitable for aging in barriques .

distribution

In 2012 there was 60 hectares of vineyards in Germany . There are also small stocks in Switzerland (3.47 hectares, as of 2013)

Synonyms

Web links

Wiktionary: Cabernet Cubin  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

literature

  • Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, Ernst H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schumann: color atlas grape varieties . 3. Edition. Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
  • Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . 13th edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz, 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .
  • Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, Josè Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Description of the variety from the website of the State Training and Research Institute for Fruit Growing and Viticulture, Weinsberg
  2. ↑ Jancis Robinson , Julia Harding, Josè Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes , 1st edition 2012, Penguin Books, London, ISBN 978-0-06-220636-7 .
  3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The 2013 Wine Year (PDF), published by Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.blw.admin.ch