Villard Blanc

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Villard Blanc
Breeding number Seyve Villard 12-375
Art Interspecific crossing
Berry color blanc
use
origin France
breeder Seyve-Villard, Bertille
VIVC no. 13081
ancestry

Cross between
Seibel 6468 × Subereux

List of grape varieties

The white grape variety Villard Blanc is a new breed from the Seyve-Villard vineyard. Along with Seyval Blanc, it is one of the company's commercially successful breeds. It is a cross between the two Seibel vines Seibel 6468 x Seibel 6905 and is therefore a hybrid vine .

In 1968 the area under vines in France was still 21,396 hectares . However, due to EU legislation that temporarily banned the cultivation of hybrid vines for quality wines, it was almost completely cleared. The current stocks of approx. 350 hectares (status 2007, source ONIVINS) are mainly used for the distillation of brandy . It is still cultivated today in Brazil (approx. 380 hectares), the USA (→ viticulture in New Jersey and viticulture in Pennsylvania ), Japan , Mexico , Hungary and in some of the former states of the USSR. According to a decree of April 18, 2008, the grape variety is again one of the officially approved grape varieties for commercial cultivation, since the genome of the plant contains parts of the noble grape Vitis vinifera .

The variety is resistant to phylloxera , but only produces a good yield in connection with suitable rootstocks . The variety is resistant to downy mildew , but is susceptible to powdery mildew . The late-ripening Villard Blanc produces pale yellow, alcoholic, slightly bitter wines that come close to a simple table wine in terms of quality.

Due to its characteristics, it was used as a partner in many new breeds by Gerhardt Alleweldt and Alfred Galibert . As a result of these breeding efforts, the varieties Bianca , Sirius , Phoenix , Orion , Staufer and Nero are mentioned as examples . The Sauvin grape variety was created by crossing Villard Blanc with Sauvignon Blanc.

See also the articles Viticulture in France , Viticulture in Brazil , Viticulture in Hungary and Viticulture in the United States, as well as the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms: Seyve-Villard 12-375, SV 12-375

Parentage: Seibel 6468 × Le Subéreux (vulgo Seibel 6905)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les Cepages Noirs dans le Vignoble (PDF) ( Memento of March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Statistics on white grape varieties per Greater Region, Part 1, Publication of 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 of March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Statistics on white 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. ↑ Arrêté du 18 avril 2008 relatif au Catalog officiel des espèces et variétés de plantes cultivées en France ( Memento of July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), published in JORF n ° 0102 of April 30, 2008

Web links

literature

  • Pierre Galet : Cépages et vignobles de France, Tome 1 - les vignes américaines . 2nd Edition. 1988, ISBN 2-902771-03-7 .
  • Pierre Galet: Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .