Flora (grape variety)

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Flora is the name of two unrelated grape varieties from the United States , one white and one red. This grape variety is a new breed between Sémillon and Gewürztraminer. The crossing took place in 1938 by Harold Olmo at the University of California at Davis . The grape variety was launched in 1958. In the cool wine-growing climate, the wines resemble those of a Gewürztraminer; in the warm climate those of Sémillon.

Today only small stocks of the Flora variety are planted in California . In addition, stocks in New Zealand , South Africa and Brazil are known. The base wine is often processed into sparkling wine .

See the articles Viticulture in New Zealand , Viticulture in South Africa , Viticulture in Brazil, and Viticulture in the United States, and the list of grape varieties .

Parentage: Sémillon × Gewürztraminer .

Synonyms

Flora is also known under the name Flora Rose and the breeding number California H 59-90 or Davis H 59-90.

There is also a red hybrid vine of the same name that AM Spangler obtained in 1850 from a seedling of the varieties Vitis vinifera and Vitis labrusca .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The young leaves are slightly hairy cobwebs.
  • The large leaves are whole or three-lobed and barely curved. The stem bay is open in a V-shape. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are large compared to other varieties.
  • The cone-shaped grape is small to medium in size, shouldered and dense berries. The round berries are small to medium-sized and red to brownish-red in color.

The vigorous grape variety is considered to be sensitive to disease and is particularly susceptible to Pierce Disease in the Napa Valley (see Napa Valley AVA ) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jancis Robinson: The Oxford Wine Lexicon. 3rd, completely revised edition. 2007, p. 241.

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