Muscat Bleu
| Muscat Bleu | |
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| Synonyms | Garnier 83/2, nutmeg bleu |
| Art | Interspecific crossing |
| Berry color | dark blue |
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| origin | Switzerland |
| breeder | Garnier |
| Institute | Private breeder |
| Breeding year | 1930s |
| VIVC no. | 16002 |
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The Muscat Bleu (also Garnier 83/2 or nutmeg bleu) is an early maturing red wine that has a high resistance to real and downy mildew has. It is also characterized by high frost resistance. What makes it special are its yellow autumn leaves and a clearly perceptible nutmeg .
Descent, origin
Garnier 15/6 × Seyve Villard 20-347
The grape variety Muscat Bleu is a cross of the Swiss grapevine grower Garnier from Garnier 15/6 x Seyve-Villard 20-347, which took place in the 1930s. Garnier 15/6 is itself a cross between the varieties Villard Noir x Müller-Thurgau and the variety Seyve-Villard 20-347, also known as Perle Noire, was created by crossing the varieties Tenerife x Seyve Villard 12-358. Due to its interspecific parents, Muscat Bleu belongs to the hybrid grape family .
Ampelographic features
- The shoot growth is medium strong.
- The grapes are large, very loose, the berries are large, oval with crisp flesh and a clear nutmeg.
Maturity: very early
distribution
In Switzerland it is also occasionally used for pressing . (see also: Viticulture in Switzerland, grape varieties ) There, the area under vines was 3.56 hectares in 2015 (as of 2015, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG). There are smaller areas in Belgium, Germany and Austria.
properties
It is primarily a table grape variety that is also used to make wine. It is resistant to winter frost and both types of mildew, but tends to be small berries and trickles.
Descendants
The varieties Galanth , Osella , Garant and Rosina also emerged from crosses of the same parent pairs.
literature
- Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott, Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties. 13th, revised edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .
- Pierre Basler, Robert Scherz: PIWI grape varieties, updated edition 2011, Verlag Stutz AG, Wädenswil, ISBN 978-3-85928-086-1 .