Melon de Bourgogne

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Melon de Bourgogne

Melon de Bourgogne is an old Burgundian white wine variety that is rarely grown in its area of ​​origin, but is widespread within the Loire wine-growing region in the Loire-Atlantique department in France under the name Muscadet .

In France it is grown on 12,483 hectares (status 2007, source ONIVINS), the vast majority as Muscadet in the Loire-Atlantique department. Around 14,000 hectares of planted vineyards are known worldwide. Many of the vines exported to California (→ Viticulture in California ) and erroneously referred to as Pinot Blanc were actually the Melon de Bourgogne. The smallest stands are known in Switzerland under the name Muscadet (0.06 hectares, status 2009, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG.)

The Melon de Bourgogne is an average vigorous vine with a decent yield. It makes a pleasant wine with little acidity .

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

origin

A broad-based DNA analysis carried out by Carole Meredith in 1999 with 352 grape varieties suggests that the Melon de Bourgogne is a natural cross between the Pinot blanc and Gouais Blanc varieties . The same research showed that the varieties Aligoté , Aubin Vert , Auxerrois , Bachet Noir , Beaunoir , Chardonnay , Dameron , Franc Noir de la Haute Saône , Gamay Blanc Gloriod , Gamay , Knipperlé , Peurion , Romorantin , Roublot and Sacy are all made up spontaneous crosses between Pinot and Gouais Blanc arose. However, since the Pinot Noir is genetically very closely related to the Pinot Blanc, a definitive confirmation is not yet available, so the scientists prefer the spelling Pinot x Gouais Blanc.

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 .

Origin: probably Pinot Blanc × Gouais Blanc

Synonyms

The grape variety Melon de Bourgogne is also known under the names Auxerrois gros, Biaune, Blanc de Nantes, Bougogne blanche, Bourgogne verde, Bourgogne vert, Bourguignon blanc, Clozier, Feher Nagyburgundi, Feuille ronde, Gamay blanc, Gamay blanc à feuilles rondes, Gamay blanc feuilles rondes, Game kruglolistnyi, Gros Auxerrois, Gros blanc, Grosse Sainte-Marie, Lyonnais, Lyonnaise blanche, Malin blanc, Mele, Melon, Melon Blanc, Meurlon, Mourlon, Muscadet, Perry, Petit bourgogne, Petit muscadet, Petite biaune, Petite Burgundy, Pétoin, Pétouin, Picarneau, Plant de Lons-le-Saulnie, Pourrisseux, Roussette basse and later Weisser Burgunder known.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento of March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Statistics on white grape varieties per Greater Region, Part 1, Publication of the Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Legumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture - ONIVINS, as of 2008
  2. ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento of March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Statistics on white grape varieties per Greater Region, Part 2, Publication by the Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Legumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture - ONIVINS, as of 2008
  3. ↑ The Wine Year 2009 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The 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. , Editor Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blw.admin.ch
  4. ↑ 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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