Roublot

Roublot in the book by Viala & Vermorel

The white wine variety Roublot is mainly grown in the French department of Yonne . The late-ripening variety produces specific white wines with a good alcohol content that tend to oxidize quickly. The variety has almost completely disappeared because it is very susceptible to powdery mildew and gray mold rot . It therefore only produces very fluctuating yields. In the 19th century, the Roublot variety was very widespread in the area of ​​the commune of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux .

origin

A wide-ranging DNA analysis carried out by Carole Meredith in 1999 with 352 grape varieties suggests that the Roublot variety is a natural cross between the Pinot blanc and Gouais Blanc varieties. The same research showed 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 and Sacy similar to the roublot, all emerged from spontaneous crossings 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 .

Origin: Pinot × Gouais Blanc

Synonyms

The Roublot grape variety is also known under the names Aubanne, César Blanc, César Femelle, Haubanne, Meslier, Plant de Vaux, Plant Paule, Robleau, Roblot, Roublat and Roubleau.

Web links

• Viticulture in France
• List of grape varieties .
• Roublot in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A SINGLE PAIR OF PARENTS PROPOSED FOR A GROUP OF GRAPEVINE VARIETIES IN NORTHEASTERN FRANCE (PDF; 19 kB) ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 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. , by JE Bowers, R. Siret and CP Meredith and by P. This and J.-M. Boursiquot 

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .