Verdesse
Verdesse is a white wine variety that is cultivated in small quantities in the Isère department in eastern France ( Vin de Savoie , VDQS - Vin du Bugey , Vin de Pays de Grésivaudan, country wines from the Drac Valley ). It produces high-alcohol, spicy white wines with floral aromas, but without a nutmeg note, as some of the synonyms imply. The late-ripening variety is also used as a table grape , is quite resistant to raw rot but susceptible to powdery mildew and downy mildew . Verdesse is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is therefore self-fruiting. In viticulture , the economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yield is avoided.
The name alludes to the rich green of the leaves and berries (vert: green) Only clone 931 is permitted for viticulture in France .
Synonyms
The Verdesse grape variety is also known by the synonyms Blanchette, Clairette de Chindrieux, Clairette précoce, Dongine (in the Bugey wine-growing region. Dongine is also a synonym for the Mondeuse variety . However, both varieties are not related), Etraire Blanche (near Grenoble ), Verdasse, Verdêche, Verdesse Muscade, Verdeze musqué and Verdeze musquée.
Web links
- Verdesse in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon. 3rd, completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .