Clarin (grape variety)

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Clarin is a white wine variety , a new breed between the varieties Ugni Blanc x Clairette Blanche . The crossing took place in 1953 by the French ampelographer Paul Truel in the Domaine de Vassal, a branch of the Institut National de la Recherche en Agronomie of the University of Montpellier .

The clone 0761 is approved for commercial cultivation in France . Smaller experimental crops are known in Canada.

See also the articles Viticulture in France and Viticulture in Canada and the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms: Breeding line number INRA 573-11 (crossing series number 573, plant 11 of the series).

Parentage: Ugni Blanc x Clairette Blanche

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is hairy white wool and light green in color. The yellowish young leaves are slightly woolly hairy.
  • The leaves are usually five-lobed (rarely seven or nine-lobed) and clearly indented (see also the article leaf shape ). The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are set medium-wide compared to other grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called the leaf blade) is blistered and rough.
  • The cone-shaped grape is large (approx. 363 grams per grape) and has loose berries. The elongated berries are large (an average of 3.3 grams) and golden yellow in color.

The variety sprouts late and thus avoids late spring frosts. It ripens about 30 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late. Clarin 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.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clarin in the INRA database.

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