Piquepoul Bouschet
Piquepoul Bouschet is a red wine variety . It is a new breed by Henri Bouschet from the year 1858 from Piquepoul Gris and Petit Bouschet. Petit Bouschet, on the other hand, was crossed from the Teinturier du Cher and Aramon grape varieties and is a development by Louis Bouschet, Henri's father.
The quality of the grapes is poor, but produces a beautiful red color when used as a blend. Nowadays this variety hardly plays a commercial role.
Parentage: Piquepoul Gris × Petit Bouschet
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is half open. She is hairy white wool. The young leaves are slightly hairy with flames and a bronze tinge.
- The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented. The stem bay is open in a V-shape.
- The conical to cylindrical grape is medium-sized and has dense berries. The elongated berries are also medium-sized and purple-black in color.
Piquepoul Bouschet ripens approx. 20 days after the Gutedel grape variety and is therefore one of the early- ripening varieties in the south of France.
Web links
- Piquepoul Bouschet in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .