Maréchal Foch
Maréchal Foch is a red wine variety . It was bred at the beginning of the 20th century by the French breeder Eugène Kuhlmann (1858–1932) in Alsace and named in honor of Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929). Maréchal Foch is a cross between (Vitis riparia x Vitis rupestris) x Goldriesling.
Maréchal Foch is precocious, with high fungus resistance to the genuine and downy mildew as well as against Botrytis cinerea . This means that plant protection products can largely be dispensed with. This variety is therefore especially suitable for cooler areas. Depending on the expansion, a strong wine with a light Fox tone is created .
Maréchal Foch used to be widespread on the Loire , today only about 100 hectares are planted. In addition to Switzerland (2007 vineyards around 12.6 hectares), it is cultivated in the State of New York in the Finger Lakes region, in Michigan, California and in Canada . Because it is a hybrid vine , cultivation was banned in Germany in the 1930s; it was only allowed to be grown as an experimental plant. According to a decree of April 18, 2008, the grape variety is again one of the officially approved grape varieties for commercial cultivation, since the genome of the plant contains parts of the noble grape Vitis vinifera .
The grape varieties Léon Millot , Lucie Kuhlmann and Maréchal Foch are the result of the same cross and are therefore related. Parentage: MGt 101-14 ( Vitis riparia x Vitis rupestris ) x Goldriesling . MGt 101-14 stands for 101-14 Millardet et de Grasset , which was crossed by Pierre-Marie Alexis Millardet and Charles de Grasset in 1882 .
Synonyms: Foch; Kuhlmann 188.2; Marshal Foch
See also
- Viticulture in France
- Viticulture in Switzerland
- Viticulture in Canada
- Viticulture in Germany
- Viticulture in the United States
- Viticulture in New York
- Viticulture in California
- List of grape varieties
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Wine Year 2008 (PDF) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG
- ↑ http://www.droit.org/jo/20080430/AGRP0806778A.html ( Memento of July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Arrêté du 18 avril 2008 relatif au Catalog officiel des espèces et variétés de plantes cultivées en France Published in JORF n ° 0102 of April 30, 2008
Web links
- Maréchal Foch in the database of the Geilweilerhof Institute for Vine Breeding .
literature
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et vignobles de France, Tome 1 - les vignes américaines . 2nd Edition. 1988, ISBN 2-902771-03-7 .
- Pierre Galet: Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon, 3rd revised edition . 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .