Lival

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Lival is a red wine variety . It is a new breed of INRA Montpellier ( Institut National de la Recherche en Agronomie ) between the grape varieties Alphonse Lavallée x Lignan Blanc. The crossing took place in 1956 by the French ampelographer Paul Truel on the grounds of the Domaine de Vassal, the test winery of the INRA Montpellier. Together with the Danlas and Ribol varieties , Lival was part of a program to complement the French range of early-ripening table grapes . Since the variety ripens very early, the risk of frosts in autumn and raw rot is minimized. In addition, the season for selling table grapes can open very early.

So far one clone, number 501, has been selected.

In France , around 89 hectares of vineyards were planted with Lival in 1981 .

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

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The young leaves are bronze-colored (anthocyanin spots).
  • The leaves (see also the article leaf shape ) are five-lobed to seven-lobed and deeply indented. The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The leaf margin is serrated to a point. The teeth are medium-sized compared to the grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is hardly blistered.
  • The grape is extremely short. The round berries are large and blue-black in color.

The Lival grape variety ripens approx. 5 to 6 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen very early for a red grape variety.

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