Johanniter (grape variety)

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Johanniter
Synonyms no
Breeding number FR 177-68
Johanniter
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color green
use
origin Germany
breeder Johannes Zimmermann
Breeding year 1968
VIVC no. 17127
ancestry

Cross of
Riesling × FREIBURG 589-54 (Seyve Villard 12-481 × FREIBURG 153-39 (= Ruländer × Gutedel ))

List of grape varieties
Leaves and grapes of the Johanniter grape variety

Johanniter is a fungus- resistant white wine variety bred in 1968 .

origin

The Johanniter is a breed by Johannes Zimmermann from the State Viticulture Institute Freiburg with the varieties Riesling x ( Seyve Villard 12-481 × FREIBURG 153- 39) (= Ruländer x Gutedel ).

The name was given in honor of Johannes Zimmermann, the former head of grapevine breeding at the Freiburg Wine Institute. He was proactive in breeding fungus-resistant grape varieties.

Ampelographic features

The similarities with the mother variety Riesling are unmistakable.

  • The tip of the shoot is lightly bronzed and hairy with medium wool.
  • The shoot growth is medium strong.
  • The leaf is circular, five-lobed, wavy and moderately vesicular. The leaf has an open with a U-shaped stalk bay which is partially bounded by nerves and has no hairs.
  • The grapes are compact, medium-sized, dense berries, and cylindrical. The berries have a scar point.

Maturity: medium late - between white Burgundy and Riesling

Expectations

The location requirements correspond to those of the Burgundy varieties. Because of its earlier budding in spring, the variety should not be planted in locations at risk of frost.

Yield

  • Is a very fertile variety.
  • Yield regulation is necessary for the production of high quality wines.

Advantages and disadvantages

advantages

  • Has a medium resistance to downy mildew
  • Has good to medium resistance to oidium .
  • The winter frost resistance is considered good.

disadvantage

Wine

The wines are strong, fruity and have similarities with Riesling and Ruländer . In wine tastings, the Johanniter received better ratings than standard comparison varieties from the same trial plot.

Compared to Riesling, the harvest results show a slightly higher yield, a must weight that is around 7 degrees Öchsle higher and lower must acid (acid (wine) ).

distribution

Germany

The vineyards are distributed among the individual growing areas in Germany as follows:

Wine region Vineyards ha
Ahr below 0.5
to bathe 16
Francs 8th
Hessian mountain road 1
Middle Rhine below 0.5
Moselle 4th
Near 3
Palatinate 6th
Rheingau below 0.5
Rheinhessen 17th
Saale-Unstrut below 0.5
Saxony 1
Stargarder Land -
Württemberg 3
TOTAL Germany 2007 59

Switzerland

Small stands are also known in Switzerland - 15.8 ha (as of 2013).

Individual evidence

  1. a b Seyve Villard 12- 481 in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
  2. a b Freiburg 153 -39 in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
  3. Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 519 kB)
  4. Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Wine Year 2013 (PDF)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.blw.admin.ch@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.blw.admin.ch  

Web links

  • Johanniter on the homepage of the State Viticulture Institute Freiburg

literature

  • Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, Ernst H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schumann: color atlas grape varieties. 300 varieties and their wines. 3rd, completely revised edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
  • Karl Bauer, Ferdinand Regner , Barbara Schildberger: Viticulture (= AV book. ). 9th, updated edition. Cadmos, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7040-2284-4 .
  • Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott, Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties. 13th, revised edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .