Romorantin (grape variety)

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The white grape variety Romorantin has been known on the Loire since the 16th century . In 1519 François I imported 80,000 vines from Burgundy and planted them on his estate in Romorantin in what is now Loir-et-Cher . It has therefore long been assumed that the Romorantin variety is identical to the Petit Dannezy. The variety has almost completely disappeared as it is very susceptible to raw rot . It therefore only produces very fluctuating yields.

The variety is only cultivated in small quantities in the Loire today. For wines from Romorantin, the own appellation Cour-Cheverny was created in 1993 within the appellation Cheverny . Here are currently the only stocks in France with 90 hectares of vineyards.

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

origin

Based on genetic studies in 1999 of 352 grape varieties, it turned out that the varieties Aligoté , Aubin Vert , Auxerrois , Bachet Noir , Beaunoir , Chardonnay , Dameron , Franc Noir de la Haute Saône , Gamay Blanc Gloriod , Gamay , Knipperlé , Melon de Bourgogne , Peurion , Romorantin, Roublot and Sacy all emerged from spontaneous crosses between Pinot and Gouais Blanc. Since the genetic differences between Pinot Blanc , Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are extremely small, an exact specification of the Pinot type is not yet available.

The success of this spontaneous crossing is explained by the fact that the two parent strains are genetically completely different. While the varieties of the Pinot family presumably come from Burgundy, the Gouais Blanc was brought to France by the Romans. In the vineyards of Burgundy and southern Champagne , both varieties were mixed together for several centuries .

Lineage: Pinot x Gouais Blanc .

Synonyms

The Romorantin grape variety is also known under the names Blanc de Villefranche, Bury, Dameri, Daneri, Danesy, Dannery, Framboise ( French : raspberry), Gros Blanc de Ville-Franche, Gros Plant, Gros Plant de Villefranche, Lyonnaise Blanche, Maclon, Petit Dannezy, Petit Mâconnais, Plant de Brézé, Raisin de Grave, Ramorantin, Romoranten and Romorantin blanc.

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) ).

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