Calitor

The red variety Calitor was once widespread in the southern wine regions of France, is today but with less than 200 hectares of vineyards in the Varieties of Var, Gard and Herault departments and Corsica (→ viticulture in Corsica ) represented. In the nurseries Calitor is no longer grown but is still permitted in the Côtes de Provence.

The name derives from the Provencal col ( name for the grape stalk) and tor ( twisted ) from and thus describes the strongly angled stem of the grape. Written occupied is the existence of this sort since the 15th century.

The yielding variety produces elegant, light and dye- poor wines, which are used for blends. On slopes can be pressed from her quite a very good wine.

The white varieties Calitor Blanc and Gris Calitor are a mutation of the Calitor.

See the article viticulture in France and the list of grape varieties.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is strong hairy white wool, with crimson trace. The young leaves are slightly hairy and rosé.
• The medium-sized leaves are indented five lobes and deep. The petiole is closed lyre -shaped. The blade is serrated pointed. The teeth are set very tight compared to the varieties. The leaf surface (also called lamina ) is vesicular coarse.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical clusters are large, long and loose-. The roundish berries are medium to large in size and of blue-black color.

The grape Calitor matures about 30 days after Chasselas and therefore one of the late-ripening varieties. It is often infected by downy mildew and gray mold of the. Against powdery mildew it is quite resistant.

Calitor is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic drawback is avoided, no return delivered to male plants need to grow.

Synonyms

The variety Calitor is not even among the names Anglas, Assadoule Bouvier, Binxeilla, Blavette, Calitor Noir, Canseron, cargo Miola, cargo Muou, Catitor, Causeron, Causeroun, batch - Mulet, Colitor, Coulitor, Dameron des Vosges ( confused with the Dameron ), Foirard, Foirat, Fouiraire, Fouiral, Fouirasson, Garriga, Ginoux d' Agasso, Mouillas, Noeuds courts, Nou Courté, Pampoul, Pécoui - Touar, Pécoui Tovar, Picpoule - Sorbier, Piquepoul de Fronton, Pride of Australia, Qualitor, Ramonen, Rouget de Salins, Rousselin, Rousselin Noir, Rousset, Rouxal, Sang de Boeuf ( bull's Blood ), acid Sen Zhan, Victory Noir, Sigotier, Sigoyer and Tentyure Artekskii known.