Piquepoul Noir
The red wine variety Piquepoul Noir is grown in the south of France . On the Rhône , it is approved in the appellations of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Ventoux . In the Portuguese Vinho Verde , the variety also plays an albeit subordinate role.
The late-ripening variety delivers moderate yields. It was therefore only cultivated to a limited extent after the so-called phylloxera disaster . In 1999 only 99 hectares of wooded area were surveyed in France .
The white grape varieties Piquepoul Blanc and Piquepoul Gris with partly identical synonyms are a mutation of the red variety.
See also the articles Viticulture in France and Viticulture in Portugal and the list of grape varieties
Origin: unknown.
Synonyms
Piquepoul Noir is also known under the names Avillo, Kek Piquepoul, Languedocien, Pical or Pical Negro, Pical Pôlho or Picalpolho, Picapouia or Picapouya, Picapulla, Picapoll, Picapoll Negra, Picpouille, Picpoul or Picpoule, Pique Poule and Piquerette Noire.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is half open. It is hairy white wool with a crimson tinge. The young leaves are slightly hairy.
- The leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented. The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are small and closely set compared to other varieties.
- The cone-shaped to cylindrical grape is medium-sized. The rounded berries are also medium-sized.
The vigorous grape variety only produces low yields. The ideal vine training is that of the gobelet . Piquepoul Blanc ripens around 30 days after the Gutedel grape variety and is therefore one of the late-ripening varieties. The variety is sensitive to powdery mildew and raw rot .
literature
- Jancis Robinson: The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
- Pierre Galet: Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages Hachette Livre, 1st edition 2000 ISBN 2-0123633-18