Knipperlé

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Knipperlé is a white wine variety from the French region of Alsace (→ Alsace (wine-growing region) ). Before the phylloxera disaster at the end of the 19th century, it was still very widespread there, as it was strongly promoted by the vine grower Johann Michael Ortlieb from the municipality of Riquewihr from 1756 . The variety has almost completely disappeared as it is very susceptible to raw rot . It therefore only produces very fluctuating yields.

The high-yielding variety produces simple white wines with a low acid content. When blended, it was therefore often used to break the acid peaks of other varieties in the Alsace wine-growing region . Although it is still officially approved in the appellation today, no new vineyards are being created.

See also the article Viticulture in France and the list of grape varieties .

origin

Based on genetic studies of 352 grape varieties in 1998, it turned out that the varieties Aligoté , Aubin Vert , Auxerrois , Bachet Noir , Beaunoir , Chardonnay , Dameron , Franc Noir de la Haute Saône , Gamay Blanc Gloriod , Gamay , Melon de Bourgogne , Peurion , Romorantin , Roublot and Sacy , like the Knipperlé, all emerged from spontaneous crossings between Pinot and Gouais Blanc. Since the genetic differences between Pinot Blanc , Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are extremely small, an exact specification of the Pinot type is not yet available.

The success of this spontaneous crossing is explained by the fact that the two parent strains are genetically completely different. While the varieties of the Pinot family presumably come from Burgundy, the Gouais Blanc was brought to France by the Romans. In the vineyards of Burgundy and southern Champagne , both varieties were mixed together for several centuries .

Lineage: Pinot x Gouais Blanc

Synonyms

The grape variety Knipperlé is also available under the names Beli Kleschiz, Breisgauer Riesling, Colmer, Drobni Kleshiz, Elsässer, Eltinger, Ettlinger, Factor, Faktor, earlier Ortlieber, Gelber Ortlieber, Grüner Ortlieber, Kauka white, Kipperlé, Kleiner Gelber, Kleiner Methsüsser, Kleiner Rauschling, Kleiner Riesling, Kleinräuschling, Klescec, Kleschiz béli, Knackerle, Kniperlé, Libiza, Mali Javor, Mielleux Petit, Ortlibi sarga, Ortlieber, Ortliebi, Ortliebske rane, Ortliebstraub, Öttlinger, Petit Mielleux, Plant de Riquewihr., Reichenelle., Reichenelle blanche, Roshel, Runganer, Rungauer, Sibiza, Tockauer, Türkheimer and Weißer Ortlieber known.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John E. Bowers, René Siret, Carole P. Meredith, Patrice This, Jean-Michel Boursiquot: A Single Pair of Parents proposed for a Group of Grapevine Varieties in Northeastern France. In: Alain Bouquet, Jean-Michel Boursiquot (Ed.): Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding. Montpellier, France, 6-10 July 1998 (= Acta Horticulturae. No. 528). International Society for Horticultural Science - Section Viticulture - Working Group on Environmental Physiology of Fruit Crops et al., Leuven et al. 2000, ISBN 90-6605-892-7 , pp. 129-132, doi : 10.17660 / ActaHortic.2000.528.15 , ( online (PDF; 19 kB) ).

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