Magdeleine Noire des Charentes

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The first floor of the grape variety was discovered in Saint-Sulliac, Brittany.

Magdeleine Noire des Charentes is an old red wine variety . After its rediscovery in 1992, it moved into the focus of ampelographers at the end of 2009 when it became known that it is the mother variety of the world-famous Merlot . She is also a parent of the Malbec grape variety . The variety received its current name on June 6, 2008.

New discovery

In the course of a new vineyard in Saint-Suliac , Brittany , interest fell on an old vine that was previously considered a wild grape. The stick stood on the hill called Mont Garrot near the monastery of Saint-Suliac. Viticulture was abandoned in Brittany more than 200 years ago, so the remaining stock is very old. However, an analysis of the genome of the cane at the INRA Montpellier institute revealed that it was a previously unknown variety of the noble grapevine Vitis vinifera . The critical DNA analysis was done at the University of California, Davis .

Between 2004 and 2008, a total of four vines of the same variety were found in the Poitou-Charentes region in the communes of Saint-Savinien, Figers-Echebrune, Tanzac and Mainxe. In the Charente the grape variety was called Madeleine because of its early ripeness . The name Madeleine generally refers to early-ripening varieties in France, as the first signs of ripeness (the color change according to stage 81 of the BBCH scale for grapevines ) coincide with the name day of St. Magdalena on July 22nd. To avoid confusion with the large number of grape varieties with the addition of Madeleine ( Madeleine Angevine , Madeleine Angevine Oberlin, Madeleine Céline, Madeleine de Clermont, Madeleine Juliette, Madeleine Muscatny, Madeleine Noire, Madeleine Oböpoly, Madeleine Oppenheim 18, Madeleine Royale and ), the new name Magdeleine noire des Charentes was chosen . The reference to the Charente seems justified, as Louis Raguenaud first described the variety in the Charente in 1847, but it was later believed to be lost.

New breeds

In addition to its role as the mother variety of the widespread Merlot variety (together with the Cabernet Franc ), there were also indications of a similar role for the Malbec (together with the relatively unknown Prunelart variety ).

In addition, she was involved in the creation of the Guignard de Saintours (together with the Gouais Blanc variety ) and Mourtès (the other parent was the unknown grape variety Penouille ).

literature

  • J.-M. Boursiquot, T. Lacombe, V. Laucou, S. Juillard, F.-X. Perrin, N. Lanier, D. Legrand, C. Meredith, P. This: Parentage of merlot and related winegrape cultivars of south-west France. Discovery of the missing link . In: Australian journal of grape and wine research , Vol. 15 (2009), pp. 144-155, ISSN  1322-7130

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Merlot mother vine discovered . In: Falstaff from January 25, 2010, accessed on August 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ J.-M. Boursiquot, T. Lacombe, V. Laucou, S. Julliard, F.-X. Perrin, N. Lanier, D. Legrand, C. Meredith, P. This: Parentage of Merlot and related winegrape cultivars of southwestern France- Discovery of the missing link ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: Der Archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wineserver.ucdavis.edu(PDF; 44 kB). In: Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research , Vol. 15 (2009), pages 144-155, ISSN  1322-7130
  3. ^ Association pour le renouveau des vins de Bretagne: On a retrouvé la maman du petit Merlot! , accessed August 13, 2010
  4. ^ Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 , pages 467-469.
  5. ^ Louis Raguenaud: Le vigneron charentais ou l'art de cultiver la vigne et d'en soigner les produits . Grobot, Angoulème 1847.

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