Crouchen

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Crouchen is a white wine that comes from the Sud-Ouest wine-growing region in the French Pyrenees . Because of its susceptibility to the fungal disease powdery mildew , it has almost died out in France. The name Crouchen onomatopoeically describes the crisp character of the grape skin.

The vine came to South Australia through emigrants around 1850, where it was widely grown in the Barossa Valley and Clare Valley . It has long been confused with the Sémillon . Since the Sémillon was erroneously called Riesling at that time , the wines from the Clare Valley were therefore called Clare Riesling. It was not until 1976 that the French ampelograph Paul Truel determined the true origin. Today's global population amounts to around 1,500 hectares worldwide.

A study published in 2007 suggests that the Crouchen is genetically closely related to a number of local varieties of the Sud-Ouest region and forms a grape family with them (e.g. Blancard , Claverie , Claverie coulard , Cruchen faux , Cruixen and Graisse ). Crouchen 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 the articles Viticulture in France , Viticulture in Australia (117 hectares, as of 2008) and Viticulture in South Africa (982 hectares, as of 2007) and the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms

The grape variety Crouchen is also known under the names Cape Riesling (South Africa), Cheri cérratia, Clare Riesling (in Australia), Cougnet, Crouchenta, Cruchen, Cruchen Blanc, Cruchenta, Cruchenton blanc, Grand Blanc, Kaapse Riesling, Messanges blanc, Navarre blanc, Paarl Riesling (South Africa), Riesling vert, Sable blanc, Sales blanc, South African Riesling (South Africa), Trouchet Blanc, Xuricérratia (in the French Basque Country) and Zuricérratia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Bordenave, Thierry Lacombe, Valérie Laucou, Jean-Michel Boursiquot: Etude historique, génétique et ampélograpfique des cépages Pyrénéo Atlantiques . In: Le Bulletin de l'OIV . No. 920-921-922 , 2007, ISSN  0029-7127 , Vol. 80, pp. 553-586 (French, oiv.int [PDF; 5.3 MB ; accessed on November 26, 2014]). online ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oiv.int
  2. ↑ Areas of vines and grape production by variety - 2007-2008. In: Annual Report 2008–2009. Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, 2009, p. 89 , accessed November 25, 2014 .
  3. ↑ South African Wine Industry Statistics ( Memento of 19 December 2014 Internet Archive ) South African Wine Industry Statistics, released in June 2008

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