Niagara (grape variety)
The white grape variety Niagara was newly bred in 1868 by CL Hoag and BW Clark from the grape varieties Concord and Cassady . It was launched in 1882. Due to the influence of the Cassady and Concord varieties, it is a hybrid vine in which genes from the wild grapes Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera are present.
In Brazil it became the most important white wine grape . It is mainly grown in the São Paulo area . In the United States, Niagara is mainly found in the US states of New York (→ Viticulture in New York ), Pennsylvania (→ Viticulture in Pennsylvania ), Michigan (→ Viticulture in Michigan ), Washington (→ Viticulture in Washington ) and Ohio ( → Viticulture in Ohio ) widespread. In Canada , the main focus of the spread is the Ontario region .
It is cold-resistant, productive and well suited for transport, but has a very strong Fox tone .
See also the articles Viticulture in Brazil , Viticulture in the United States , Viticulture in Canada and the list of grape varieties .
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The tip of the shoot is rather weakly woolly and its color is yellowish-green and has a crimson tinge. The young leaves are yellowish green and they are also lightly hairy.
- The large and quite thick leaves are three-lobed to five-lobed and moderately curved. The stem bay is open in a U-shape. The blade is serrated. The teeth are set medium-wide in comparison to the grape varieties.
- The cone-shaped grape is medium to large in size and has dense berries. The round berries are medium to large in size and yellowish-green in color.
The grape variety Niagara ripens about 20 days after the Gutedel and is therefore one of the mid-late ripening varieties. It has good resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew .
Synonyms
The Niagara variety is also known under the names Niagra branca, Niagara white and Concord white.
Web links
- Niagara in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon. 3rd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .