Ekigaïna

Ekigaïna ( Basque "sunny month") is a red wine variety . It is a new breed by INRA Bordeaux ( Institut National de la Recherche en Agronomie ) Sud-Ouest in southwest France. Under the direction of the Basque Durquéty, the grape varieties Tannat and Cabernet Sauvignon were crossed in 1956 . Pierre Marcel Durquety realized a number of new breeds between 1950 and 1980, of which 7 grape varieties received plant variety protection: the 4 red varieties Arinarnoa , Egiodola , Ekigaïna, Semebat and the 3 white varieties Arriloba , Liliorila and Perdea .

Although approved in the whole of south-west France and in the Pyrenees region, the variety is hardly widespread. The strong growth of varieties provides a regular income when compared with the Guyotmethode educated is. The red wines have an intense red color. They are usually fine and well structured. Ekigaïna ripens very early. The time of ripening almost coincides with that of the Gutedel variety .

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

Origin: Tannat × Cabernet Sauvignon

literature

Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages Hachette Livre, 1st edition 2000 ISBN 2-0123633-18

Individual evidence

↑ Jacques Blot: Artzainak, Les bergers basques. In: Memoria Ethnologica. Archived from the original ; accessed on April 24, 2009 (Basque, French, Romanian): " Rappelons que le nom du mois de Juin" Ekigaina "signifie Mois du Soleis ... "

[1] Jacques Blot: Artzainak, Les bergers basques. In: Memoria Ethnologica. Archived from the original ; accessed on April 24, 2009 (Basque, French, Romanian): " Rappelons que le nom du mois de Juin" Ekigaina "signifie Mois du Soleis ... "