Opaque red
Opaque red is a red wine variety . It is a new breed between Pinot Gris and the Teinturier du Cher dye grape . The crossing took place in 1939 by Johannes Zimmermann at the State Viticulture Institute in Freiburg im Breisgau . The information provided by the breeder about the parents of the cross has been confirmed by DNA analysis in the meantime. The plant variety protection and registration in the list of varieties carried out in 1971. In 2007, the area under vines in Germany was 22 hectares .
Opaque red produces a dark red wine with high color intensity and pronounced acidity . It is mainly used as a cover wine . To support the color of Pinot Noir or Blauer Portugieser, an addition of 3 - 5% is often sufficient. Opaque red is hardly suitable for single-variety expansion. In bad years, the red wines of the grape variety show very high acid values . Opaque red 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 article Viticulture in Germany and the list of grape varieties .
Synonyms: Freiburg 71-119-39
Parentage: Pinot Gris x Teinturier du Cher
distribution
The vineyards in Germany are distributed among the individual growing areas as follows:
| Wine region | Vineyards (hectares) |
|---|---|
| Ahr | - |
| to bathe | 18th |
| Francs | below 0.5 |
| Hessian mountain road | - |
| Middle Rhine | below 0.5 |
| Moselle | below 0.5 |
| Near | below 0.5 |
| Palatinate | 1 |
| Rheingau | below 0.5 |
| Rheinhessen | 2 |
| Saale-Unstrut | - |
| Saxony | - |
| Stargarder Land | - |
| Württemberg | below 0.5 |
| Total Germany 2007 | 22nd |
Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in Descriptive Variety List of the Federal Variety Office 2008, page 198ff.
Single receipts
- ↑ “Focus on the crossbreeding parents of German new varieties of vines - what does the genetic fingerprint say”, by Erika Maul, Fritz Schumann, Bernd HE Hill, Frauke Dörner, Heike Bennek, Valérie Laucou, Jean-Michel Boursiquot, Thierry Lacombe, Eva Zyprian, Rudolf Eibach and Reinhard Töpfer; in "German Wine Yearbook 2013" (64th year) - pages 128 to 142, ISBN 978-3-8001-7783-7
- ↑ Descriptive variety list of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 507 kB)
literature
- Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . 13th edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Web links
- Opaque red in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)