Montils (grape variety)
Montils is a white wine from the Charente department . It was often confused with the Folle Blanche and Meslier-Saint-François varieties, which are widely grown in this region . Montils is part of the cognac brandy and is valued there for the fine aromas of its distillates. It is also part of the white Pineau des Charentes . Since 1992 the almost disappeared variety has been grown again increasingly. Smaller stocks are also known in Australia in the Hunter Valley. There is a closer relationship with the Gouais Blanc grape variety .
So far the 3 clones 984, 985 and 986 have been recognized for commercial cultivation.
See also the articles Viticulture in France and Viticulture in Australia and the list of grape varieties .
Synonyms
The Montils grape variety is also known under the names Aucarot, Aucerot, Blanc de Montils and Chalosse.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The yellowish young leaves are hairy and shiny.
- The leaves (see also the article leaf shape ) are five-lobed and slightly deeply indented. The stalk bay is closed in a U-shape with almost parallel edges. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are large compared to the grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is slightly blistered.
- The cylindrical grape is small to medium-sized and has loose berries. The round berries are small and white-green in color. The berries are juicy.
The grape variety shoots late and ripens about 15 days after the Gutedel .
Web links
- Montils in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Michel Boursiquot, Thierry Lacombe, John Bowers, Carole Meredith: Gouais, a key vine of the European wine heritage. In: Bulletin de l'OIV. Vol. 77, No. 875–876, 2004, ISSN 0029-7127 , pp. 5–19, here p. 17, ( digitized version ( memento of the original from 23 May 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ).
