Petit Meslier

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Petit Meslier is a white wine from the Champagne wine region . It was still widespread there in the 19th century and, for historical reasons, is still approved for the expansion of champagne , but in terms of quantity it only plays an insignificant role. Since the yields are comparatively low at 30–40 hectoliters / hectare, it was given up in favor of Chardonnay . Petit Meslier was born from a spontaneous cross between Savagnin and Gouais Blanc.

After 48 hectares of vineyards were registered in 1958, today about 3 hectares are officially planted with Petit Meslier in the municipalities of Jouy-les-Reims, Verteuil and Cormoyeux in the Marne Valley and in Buxeuil on the Côte-de-Bar. Based on the pioneers Aubry and Moutard before the turn of the millennium, the importance, at a very low level, increases again somewhat. After the turn of the millennium, Drappier (Urville) and 2008 Agrapart & fils (Avize) created new plots with the old varieties - in addition to Petit Meslier and Arbane . In 2014 the Frères Laherté (Chavot) Petit Meslier planted a new area of ​​around 60–70 ares.

The champagne house Duval-Leroy (Vertus) produces z. Z. (as of Aug. 2015) was the only one to produce a champagne exclusively from this grape. The vendor Tarlant (Oeilly) uses 64% Petit Meslier in their "BAM" champagne. The Aubry champagne house in Jouy-les-Reims produces "L'ombre d'or", a cuvée of 7 grape varieties, including Petit Meslier, and Laherté also produces "Les 7", a cuvée of all 7 approved champagnes. With the Cuvée 6 Cépages, Moutard Pére et Fils (= Moutard Diligent, Buxeuil) produces an assemblage of six grape varieties approved for champagne production, including Petit Meslier. The 2007 vintage is currently being sold. Since 2013, Agrapart & fils (Avize) has also been offering a 6-variety cuvée with the "Complantée". The 7th grade that is missing in both, the Pinot Gris vrai ( Pinot Gris ). Since 2007 the Drappier champagne house in Urville has been producing a "Quattuor" cuvée made from 25% each of Petit Meslier, Arbane, Pinot Blanc vrai and Chardonnay. Drappier recently created plots with the still missing white variety Pinot gris (called Fromenteau here).

Because of the small quantities and few suppliers, the champagnes with the old varieties (vieux cépages) are significantly more expensive than normal champagnes. The ones mentioned here already cost over 50 euros at the winemaker, if a direct purchase is possible at all (only the Quattuor is a little cheaper).

Small stocks are also known in the Eden Valley in Australia .

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

Parentage: Savagnin × Gouais Blanc

Synonyms

The Petit Meslier grape variety is also known under the names Arbonne, Barnay, Bernais, Bernet, Crêne, Co de France, Feuille d´Ozerolle, Hennequin, Lepine, Maillé, Mayé, Melier, Mélié, Meslier de Champagne, Petit Meslier Doré, Petit Meslier à Queue Rouge, Meslier Vert, Meslier Petit, Mornain Blanc, Orbois, Queue Rouge and Saint Lye.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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) ).
  2. ↑ The old varieties like Petit Meslier and Arbane are being rediscovered : "En Champagne, on les redécouvre" , according to M. Tarlant 2013.
  3. ↑ See Neumann, N. (2013): The forgotten grape varieties of Champagne - tasting at the VinoCamp 2013. ( Memento from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Noblewine) p. 1ff. On Duval-Leroy especially p. 5. (Location: Hochschule Geisenheim, June 29-30, 2013; PDF; 614 kB) or in summary budis foodblog (M. Budai) (2013): The forgotten grape varieties of Champagne - Vinocamp 2013.
  4. ↑ See Neumann, N. (2013) or budis foodblog. The champagne is z. Z. (May 2014) sold out, the new one is already filled, but has no label yet. It will not go on sale before September / October 2014.
  5. ↑ LE NOMBRE D'OR Millésimé Version intégrale ( Memento of January 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ LES 7 ( Memento from December 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ See Nick's blog: The Forgotten Grapes of Champagne ( Memento from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 24, 2011
  8. ↑ COMPLANTEE Extra Brut Grand Cru. ( Memento of January 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), on www.champagne-agrapart.com
  9. ↑ Petit Meslier on Vinodiversity.com
  10. ↑ Petit Meslier in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

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