Phoenix (grape variety)
| Phoenix | |
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| Breeding number | If necessary Ga-49-22 |
| Art | Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera ) |
| Berry color | green |
| use | |
| breeder | Gerhardt Alleweldt |
| Institute | JKI , Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof |
| VIVC no. | 9224 |
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The white wine variety Phoenix is a new breed of the Julius Kühn Institute , Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof . It was the result of a cross between Bacchus and Villard Blanc . Professor Gerhardt Alleweldt was responsible . The name of the vine refers to the mythical creature the phoenix , which burns to rise from the ashes.
The grape variety received its first regional approvals in 1994, after the plant variety protection and entry in the list of varieties took place in 1992 . Because of its hardiness to frost, it is grown in Germany in the Stargarder Land wine-growing region, among other places . In home gardens, the variety is also popular as a table grape due to its robustness and taste .
In 2007 the area under cultivation in Germany was 46 hectares , after the area in 2001 was 29 hectares. Small stocks are also known in Switzerland . (0.13 hectares, as of 2007).
It shows medium-early budding and berry ripeness, is winter frost-proof and highly resistant to the fungal diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew . The wine from it is characterized by a fine nutmeg aroma , is strong, full-bodied and has a fresh to strong acidity .
distribution
The vineyards in Germany are distributed among the individual growing areas as follows:
| Wine region | Vineyards (hectares) |
| Ahr | - |
| to bathe | below 0.5 |
| Francs | below 0.5 |
| Hessian mountain road | - |
| Middle Rhine | below 0.5 |
| Moselle | 3 |
| Near | 14th |
| Palatinate | 9 |
| Rheingau | below 0.5 |
| Rheinhessen | 19th |
| Saale-Unstrut | below 0.5 |
| Saxony | below 0.5 |
| Stargarder Land | 1 |
| Württemberg | below 0.5 |
| TOTAL Germany 2007 | 46 |
Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in Descriptive Variety List of the Federal Variety Office 2008, page 198ff.
See also
literature
- Variety description Phoenix (PDF; 384 kB) from the Julius Kühn Institute , Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof
- Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott, Franz Pfaff: Paperback of the grape varieties. 13th, revised edition. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-921156-53-X .
Web links
- Phoenix in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Winemaking renaissance in Mecklenburg. (No longer available online.) Weinvertrieb Schloß Rattey, archived from the original on March 27, 2017 ; accessed on June 11, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ The 2008 wine year (PDF) Office fédéral de l'agriculture , accessed on June 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 519 kB)
