Terret Noir

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Terret Noir

Terret Noir is a red wine variety that is one of the 13 varieties approved for Châteauneuf-du-Pape , but is no longer widespread due to its susceptibility to disease. In 1979, 1150 hectares were still planted with Terret Noir . By 2007 the area under vines had decreased to 189 hectares. (Source ONIVINS)

It has a good structure with a strong acid structure ; the wines have a pleasant smell, are light and have a light color. They complement the strong base wines from Grenache or Mourvèdre , with which it is often used in blends , in an ideal form .

Her home is in the Rhône wine-growing region, where she finds its way into the wine of the Côtes du Rhône next to Châteauneuf-du-Pape . It is also used in the Languedoc appellations of Minervois , Corbières and Coteaux-du-Languedoc . Smaller plantings are known in Australia.

The Terret Noir grape variety , like its related varieties Terret Gris and Terret Blanc, is a mutation of the old Terret variety .

See also the articles Viticulture in France (→ Languedoc (wine-growing region) and Rhône (wine-growing region) ) and Viticulture in Australia and the list of grape varieties .

Parentage: Variant of Terret

Synonym: Terret du Pays

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is very hairy white to tomentose, greenish with a slightly reddish tinge (anthocyanin spots). The bronze-colored, blistered young leaves are only slightly hairy.
  • The medium-sized and thick leaves are five-lobed and moderately deeply indented. The stem bay is lyre-shaped and open, with the tips slightly overlapping at the end of the stem bay. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are set medium-wide compared to other grape varieties. In autumn the leaves turn slightly reddish.
  • The conical to cylindrical grape is medium to large in size and has dense berries. The elongated berries are medium-sized and black and blue in color.

The grape variety ripens approx. 30 - 35 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late.

The variety is susceptible to powdery mildew , downy mildew , but is hardly affected by gray mold rot . The variety's yield is lower than that of its close relatives Terret Gris and Terret Blanc.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento of January 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), statistics on red grape varieties per Greater Region, Part 1, publication by the Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Legumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture - ONIVINS, as of 2008
  2. ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), statistics on red grape varieties per greater region, part 2, publication by the Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Legumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture - ONIVINS, as of 2008
  3. ^ Wine Grape Varieties of Australia, KERRIDGE, G .; ANTCLIFF, A., CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

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