Reichensteiner

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Reichensteiner is a newly bred white wine from Müller-Thurgau × ( Madeleine Angevine × Calabreser-Froelich ). Heinrich Birk (1898–1973), who was the head of the Institute for Vine Breeding at the Hessian Research Institute Geisenheim in Geisenheim , was the breeder of the grape variety. The crossing took place in 1939, in 1978 the Reichensteiner was entered in the variety protection register and the variety list. The information provided by the breeder about the parents of the cross has been confirmed by DNA analysis in the meantime.

The Reichenstein Castle near Bingen was the inspiration for the name .

In the northern growing areas, the variety can be considered an alternative to Müller-Thurgau and is suitable for premium wines . The wines are weak in bouquet and relatively neutral. Therefore, their value is controversial in areas where the Müller-Thurgau is maturing well. Due to the low acid values ​​(→ acidity (wine) ), the drinkable wine usually lacks the liveliness and liveliness typical of German wines and is vaguely reminiscent of the Pinot Blanc .

The Reichensteiner also served as the basis for other new breeds, such as the Ehrenbreitsteiner and the Swiss varieties Gamaret and Garanoir .

See also the articles Viticulture in Germany , Viticulture in New Zealand and Viticulture in the United Kingdom and the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms: Rajhenstajner, breeding number Geisenheim CD 18-.92. or Gm CD 18-.92.

Lineage: Müller-Thurgau × ( Madeleine Angevine × Calabreser-Froelich )

distribution

In Germany, 113 hectares were planted with the Reichensteiner grape variety in 2007. In 2006, 119 hectares of arable land were still planted, after 257 hectares were surveyed in 1999.

It can be harvested practically at the same time as the early ripening Gutedel and is therefore also used in countries with an unfavorable climate. The Reichensteiner is therefore also approved in Belgium and England . Smaller plantings are also known in New Zealand . In 2008, the area under vines was still growing at 72 hectares. In 2007 the area under vines was 66 hectares.

Germany

The vineyards in Germany are distributed among the individual growing areas as follows:

Wine region Vineyards (hectares)
Ahr -
to bathe -
Francs -
Hessian mountain road 1
Middle Rhine below 0.5
Moselle 27
Near 2
Palatinate 9
Rheingau 72
Rheinhessen 2
Saale-Unstrut -
Saxony -
Stargarder Land -
Württemberg -
Total Germany 2007 113

Source: Vineyard statistics from March 13, 2008, Federal Statistical Office , Wiesbaden 2008 in Descriptive Variety List of the Federal Variety Office 2008, page 198ff.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is whitish-green, densely woolly to tomentose and the tips are colored carmine red. The whitish young leaves are hairy like a cobweb.
  • The medium-sized to large leaves are three- to five-lobed and clearly indented. The stem bay is open in a V-shape. The sheet is serrated to a point. The teeth are set medium-wide compared to other grape varieties.
  • The conical grape is large and elongated, weakly shouldered and loose berries. The round berries are medium-sized and bright yellow to golden yellow in color. The berries have a neutral taste.

The grape variety ripens almost at the same time as the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen early in an international comparison. It is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erika Maul, Fritz Schumann, Bernd HE Hill, Frauke Dörner, Heike Bennek, Valérie Laucou, Jean-Michel Boursiquot, Thierry Lacombe, Eva Zyprian, Rudolf Eibach, Reinhard Töpfer: Focus on the crossing parents of German new varieties of vines - what does the genetic fingerprint say. In: German Viticulture Yearbook. Vol. 64, 2013, ISSN  0343-3714 , pp. 128-142.
  2. ^ German Wine Institute : Statistics 2008/2009 . Mainz 2008 ( Online (PDF; 454 kB) ( Memento from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )). Statistics 2008/2009 ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutscheweine.de
  3. ^ German Wine Institute: Statistics 2007/2008 . Mainz 2007 ( Online (PDF; 430 kB) ( Memento from September 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )). Statistics 2007/2008 ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutscheweine.de
  4. ↑ German Wine Institute: Statistics 2004/2005 . Mainz 2004 ( Online (PDF; 777 kB) ( Memento from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )). Statistics 2004/2005 ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutscheweine.de
  5. ↑ New Zealand Winegrowers Statistical annual 2008 ( Memento from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.12 MB; English)
  6. ↑ New Zealand Winegrowers Statistical annual 2007 ( Memento of October 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 375 kB; English)
  7. ↑ Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office 2008 (PDF; 519 kB)

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