Jewel (grape variety)

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'Jewel'
Synonyms no
Breeding number WE S 378, Weinsberg S 378
'Jewel'
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color green
use
origin Germany
breeder August Herold , State Training and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing in Weinsberg
Breeding year 1951
Launch 1987
VIVC no. 13212
ancestry

Cross of
' Kerner ' × ' Silvaner '

List of grape varieties

'Juwel' is a white wine variety that was crossed from ' Kerner ' × ' Silvaner ' in 1951 by August Herold at the State Training and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing in Weinsberg (Baden-Württemberg) .

Josef Schäffer had a significant share in the new breed. In the name of the variety, “Ju-” stands for his nickname Jupp , “we-” for Weinsberg and “l” for the location of the breeding establishment, Lauffen am Neckar .

ancestry

Cross of ' Kerner ' × ' Silvaner ' (as with ' Silcher '). In October 1987 this variety was registered under the name Juwel in the variety list and received variety protection .

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

  • The shoot tip is open. It is medium-density white wool with a slightly reddish tinge. The green young leaves are spotted bronze (anthocyanin spots).
  • The medium-sized leaves are usually three-lobed. The stalk bay is closed with a slight overlap. The leaf surface (also called blade) is slightly blistered.
  • The grape is medium to large and moderately dense. The round berries are medium-sized and green-yellow in color. The aroma of the berry is almost neutral, but slightly unconventional.

The characteristics of the variety are reminiscent of the mother variety ' Kerner '.

Maturity: medium to late

properties

Is a reliable variety with a high ripening performance.

Wine

Bring fruity, elegant wines.

distribution

Within Germany, the area under vines (2008) is distributed as follows:

Wine region Area ha
Ahr -
to bathe 1
Francs -
Hessian mountain road -
Middle Rhine -
Moselle 2
Near 1
Palatinate 2
Rheingau -
Rheinhessen 16
Saale-Unstrut -
Saxony -
Stargarder Land -
Württemberg 2
TOTAL Germany 2007 26th

Web links

literature

  • Hans Ambrosi , Bernd HE Hill, Erika Maul, First H. Rühl, Joachim Schmid, Fritz Schuhmann: Color Atlas of Grape Varieties. 3. Edition. Eugen Ulmer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5957-4 .
  • Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
  • Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott, Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties. 13th, revised edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .

Individual evidence

  1. a b 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 .
  2. Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 519 kB)