Tibouren

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Tibouren is a red wine that is mainly grown in the Var department in Provence . In the west of Liguria there is another growing area for the Italian DOC wine Rossese di Dolceacqua , which is also made from the grape variety. It is usually developed into rosé wine (sometimes also single-variety ), which exude a light herbal scent and should be drunk young. It is also used as a table grape . Tibouren is part of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short) wines Côtes de Provence , Palette and Coteaux Varois en Provence .

According to the French ampelograph Pierre Galet , Tibouren may have come from the Middle East and was introduced by the Greeks in ancient times . According to local accounts, it was brought to the area around Saint-Tropez by a naval captain named Antiboul at the end of the 17th century . That is why the variety is also called Antiboulen. However, Antiboul is also the medieval name of the city of Antibes . A relationship with the Rossese grape variety cannot be ruled out.

The high-yielding Tibouren is quite capricious in its yields as it is very susceptible to disease. It is therefore only used to a limited extent. Currently (as of 2007) approx. 445 hectares of vineyards are planted with this variety (source ONIVINS,). Only clone number 1063 is recognized for viticulture .

In Armenia, there is also a gray-grape variety called Tibouren Gris and a variety with white berries called Tibouren Blanc . A relationship could not yet be proven.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is very hairy whitish with a slightly reddish tinge. The yellowish, slightly bronze-colored (anthocyanin) young leaves are slightly woolly hairy.
  • The large leaves (see also the leaf shape article ) are five-lobed (sometimes even seven- to nine-lobed) and strongly cupped. The stalk bay closed like a lyre. The leaf margin is finely serrated. The teeth are small compared to the grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called blade) is blistered and rough.
  • The cylindrical to conical grape is medium to large and shouldered. The slightly oval berries are medium-sized and red to blue-black in color.

The grape variety sprouts relatively early and makes it sensitive to late spring frosts. Tibouren is sensitive to downy mildew , the anthracnose . It also tends to trickle down .

Tibouren ripens approx. 12-15 days after the Gutedel and is therefore one of the early- ripening red grape varieties.

Synonyms

Tibouren is also under the synonyms Antibois, Antiboulen, Antiboulene, Antibouren, Antibourin, Bianco, Nizza, Gaysserin, Geysserin, Gueiperim Noir, Guesserin, Rosese Nero, Rosseis, Rossese, Rossese, Dolceacqua, Rossese, Ventimiglia, Rossese Nericcio, Rossese Nero, Rossese Rossa, Tiboulen, Tiboulin, Tibourin and Tibourin Noir are known.

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. ↑ Tibouren in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English) June 2020

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