Mancin

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Mancin is a red wine variety . It comes from the Bordelais in France , where it was previously widely grown in the riverside areas of the Médoc and the Libournais . In France today it is only cultivated in small stocks. Small plantings are also known in Canada. Mancin makes strong, ruby red wines of good quality.

In his work Ampélographie universelle ou Traité des cépages les plus estimés , published in 1845, Comte A. Odart reported on a wine from the Château d'Issan called Rubis fondu d'Issan , which was made from the now almost extinct grape variety Mancin.

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

Synonyms

The Mancin grape variety is also known under the names Cauny, Côt à queue verte, Côt vert, Coulant, Coulon tilbre, Coulon timbre, Mansain, Mansenc, Mansin, Maussein, Mourtau, Petit fou, Pousse-debout, Tarnay, Tarnay-Coulant and Terny known.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is hairy with white wool and occasionally colored carmine red. The green young leaves are hairy like a cobweb and spotted bronze (anthocyanin spots).
  • The glossy leaves are five-lobed and medium-high (see also the article leaf shape ). The stem bay is lyre-shaped, open or closed. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are set medium-wide compared to other grape varieties. In autumn the foliage turns reddish in places.
  • The cylindrical grape is medium to large (on average 292 grams) and has loose berries. The round berries are small to medium-sized (2.1 grams on average) and black and blue in color.

The variety ripens around 20 days after the Gutedel and is therefore already considered to ripen late. Since it sprouts early, it is endangered by late spring frosts. Mancin is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ampélographie universelle ou Traité des cépages les plus estimés , page 100. Odart calls the grape variety Mancin Tarney Coulant.
  2. ↑ Mancin in the INRA database.

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