Herald vine
The Heroldrebe is a somewhat forgotten red wine - grape that can be processed into a fruity, full-bodied yet mild and light rosé (or white autumn ) excellently . It is ideal as a fresh summer wine .
The Heroldrebe is a cross between " Blauer Portugieser " and " Lemberger ". It was bred in 1929 by August Herold , who is also considered the breeder of the grape varieties " Kerner " (1929), " Helfensteiner " (1931) and " Dornfelder " (1955), at the State Teaching and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing in Weinsberg . The information provided by the breeder about the parents of the cross has been confirmed by DNA analysis in the meantime. The entry in the list of varieties took place in 1960.
Their late maturity is problematic. The grapes can be harvested with the Pinot Noir. In addition, the variety is sensitive to raw rot . The herald vine is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is self-fruiting.
In the meantime, further breeds have emerged from the Heroldrebe, of which the Dornfelder , a cross with the Helfensteiner , is a great success. The Hegel variety comes from the same parents as the Dornfelder.
See also the article Viticulture in Germany and the list of grape varieties .
- Synonyms : none
- Descent : Blauer Portugieser × Lemberger
distribution
The distribution of this new breed is limited to the Palatinate , Rheinhessen and Württemberg . In Germany, 163 hectares (= 0.2% of the German vineyard area) were planted with the Heroldrebe variety in 2007. The area has been declining for several years. In 2006, 170 hectares of cultivated area were still planted, after 199 hectares were surveyed in 1999.
The vineyards in Germany were distributed among the individual growing areas in 2007 as follows:
| Wine region | Vineyards (hectares) |
|---|---|
| Ahr | - |
| to bathe | below 0.5 |
| Francs | - |
| Hessian mountain road | - |
| Middle Rhine | - |
| Moselle | - |
| Near | - |
| Palatinate | 105 |
| Rheingau | - |
| Rheinhessen | 34 |
| Saale-Unstrut | below 0.5 |
| Saxony | - |
| Stargarder Land | - |
| Württemberg | 24 |
| Total Germany 2007 | 163 |
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
- ↑ “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
- ↑ German Wine Institute (ed.): Statistics 2008/2009 . Mainz 2008 ( deutscheweine.de ( memento from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 454 kB ]).
- ^ German Wine Institute (ed.): Statistics 2007/2008 . Mainz 2007 ( deutscheweine.de ( memento from September 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 430 kB ]).
- ^ Deutsches Weininstitut (Ed.): Statistics 2004/2005 . Mainz 2004 ( deutscheweine.de ( memento from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 777 kB ]).
- ↑ Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 519 kB)
Web links
- Heroldrebe in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
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 .