Select (grape variety)
The Select white wine variety is a new breed by the French breeder Jean-Louis Vidal. It is a cross between Ugni Blanc and Jurançon Blanc . The variety originated in the 1930s. The primary goal of Vidal, who comes from the Charente department , was to breed new vines suitable for the production of cognac . However, the quality of the brandies is not as good as that of the Ugni Blanc variety. In the 1990s, a planted vineyard area of five hectares was raised.
Synonyms: Vidal 100 T
Parentage: Ugni Blanc × Jurançon Blanc
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The yellowish young leaves are lightly woolly hairy and spotted bronze (anthocyanin spots).
- The dark green leaves (see also the article leaf shape ) are five-lobed to seven-lobed and deeply indented. The stalk bay is V-shaped to lyren-shaped open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are medium-sized compared to the grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is blistered and rough.
- The cylindrical grape is medium to large in size and has dense berries. The round berries are medium-sized and white-green in color.
The grape variety shoots late and ripens about 20 days after the Gutedel .
literature
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et vignobles de France. Volume 1: Les vignes Américaines. 2. édition, entièrement refondue. Paysan du Midi, Montpellier 1988, ISBN 2-902-771-03-7 .
- Pierre Galet: Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
Web links
- Select in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)