Hegel (grape variety)
Hegel is a red wine variety bred at the State Training and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing Weinsberg . It was created in 1955 by crossing of Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe at the National Training and Research Institute for wine and fruit growing in the vineyard . The variety protection of the new breed was granted in 1994. The breeder of the grape variety is August Herold , who is also considered the breeder of the grape varieties Kerner (1929), Heroldrebe (1929) and Dornfelder (1955). The Hegel grape variety was dedicated to the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel .
In 2007 there was 10 hectares of vineyards in Germany , after 12 hectares were raised in 2001. Smaller cultivated areas are also known in Belgium. As a location for the vine are Pinot Noir plies suitable. The wine is full-bodied and delicately fruity.
Breeding number: We S 342 or Weinsberg S 342
Origin: the vine is a cross between the Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe grape varieties
distribution
The vineyards in Germany were distributed among the individual growing areas in 2007 as follows:
Wine region | Vineyards (hectares) |
---|---|
Ahr | 1 |
to bathe | - |
Francs | - |
Hessian mountain road | - |
Middle Rhine | - |
Moselle | - |
Near | below 0.5 |
Palatinate | - |
Rheingau | - |
Rheinhessen | 1 |
Saale-Unstrut | - |
Saxony | - |
Stargarder Land | - |
Württemberg | 8th |
Total Germany 2007 | 10 |
Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in Descriptive Variety List of the Federal Variety Office 2008, page 198ff.
Individual evidence
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott and Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties . 13th edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .
Web links
- Hegel in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)