Muscat Précoce de Saumur

Précoce Muscat de Saumur is a white grape variety. She was selected in 1842 by Auguste Courtiller from seedlings of open withered vine variety Pinot. It is a very early maturing variety and, therefore, early maturing varieties was often used for new variety ( Riesling → ​​Gold or Pearl of Csaba ).

Auguste Courtiller (1795-1875) worked in the Jardin des Plantes, the city of Saumur. Since 1834 he put on both a floral park and a nursery on the site of the city.

Pedigree: Seedling of open withered Early Burgundy.

See also 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 open. It is only woolly hairy, greenish with pinkish approach. The bright green young leaves are slightly hairy.
• The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed (rarely also siebenlappig ) and deeply sinuate. The petiole is lyrenförmig open to almost closed. The blade is serrated blunt and the leaf surface (also called leaf blade ) is vesicular coarse.
• The drum-shaped cluster is small and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are small and of a whitish color. The berry has a thick skin and a faint aroma of nutmeg; because of the thick shell, the variety be easily transported and used as a table grape.

The grape ripens about 15 - 20 days after Chasselas, and thus is considered very early maturing.

Synonyms

Muscat précoce de Saumur is also known under the name Blanc précoce musqué de Courtiller, Courtiller musqué, Courtiller précoce, Courtillier nutmeg, Early Saumur Frontignan, Kurtile, Kurtile Rannii, Madeleine musqué de Courtillier, Mouskat Soumjur, Muscat de Saumur, Muscat précoce de Courtiller, précoce blanc de musqué Courtiller, précoce de Courtillier, précoce de Saumur, précoce musqué, précoce musqué de Courtiller and PREKOS de Kurtile known.