Viognier

Viognier is a white grape variety which is predominantly grown in the Rhone. The resulting wine is mostly from their high in alcohol, has a strong color and a striking flavor profile. It is characterized by its aromatic fragrance, which can sometimes remind of apricots, peaches and floral aromas (especially violets and lily of the valley ). In the area of ​​Condrieu an expensive white wine made from Viognier is produced on steep slopes, which should still be drunk young. Also known is the wine of Château- Grillet.

The income of the Viognier are weak, and after the phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th century many of the difficult to machine steep slopes were abandoned. For this reason, the cluster had almost disappeared in 1968, only 14 ha of vineyards in France have been recorded. The mid-1980s witnessed the Rhôneweine a renaissance and with it the Viognierrebe. In Condrieu, the home town of the Viognier, the stock of 8 ha ( 1968) over 20 ha ( 1980) developed on 108 ha in 2000. However, this corresponds exactly to the half of the approved area.

The grape is enjoying now growing in popularity in the department of Ardèche and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the département of Hérault, particularly in Roquebrun. In 2007, in France, a total of 4,111 hectares of vineyards, with Viognier collected (Source ONIVINS ). Also in California (→ Viticulture in California ) (where the Winzervereinigung The Viognier Guild was founded in 2773 acres = 1,120 hectares in 2007) and Australia ( 1,369 acres, 2007) to benefit from the growing popularity of this distinctive white wine. In 2007, the area under vines was in New Zealand at still rising at 129 hectares. In Chile, a total of 262 hectares were collected in 2006, most of which are planted in the Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. In Switzerland, the area under vines is 28.9 hectares (2007, Source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG ). In Germany (as of 2009 ) Viognier is grown on approximately 4 acres. (Source: Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture )

See also the article viticulture in France, viticulture in Australia, Winemaking in Chile, wine growing in New Zealand, viticulture in Switzerland and viticulture in the United States and the list of grape varieties.

Synonyms: Galopine ( in the hamlet of La Tronche, near Grenoble ), Petit Viognier, Petit Vionnier, Viogné, Viogner, Vionnier

Descent

In early 2004 it was announced that the Viognier variety is related to the Italian variety Moscato. The researchers Anna Schneider of Agricultural Institute of the CNR in Grugliasco near Turin and José Vouillamoz ( University of California, Davis, and " Istituto di San Michele all'Adige agrario " today Fondazione Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige ) conducted microbiological analyzes of DNA over 1500 varieties through. 30 of 32 indicators are identical for Moscato and Viognier.

The same research suggests that the Italian Nebbiolo in turn derived from the cultivar Moscato.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. She is white wool to almost tomentose hairy, greenish with easy rötlichfarbenem approach. The bronze spotted, bubbly young leaves are hairy only spinnwebig.
  • The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and sinuate moderately deep. The petiole is U-shaped open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set closely compared to other varieties.
  • The cone - shaped to cylindrical grape is medium in size, partly shouldered and dichtbeerig. The roundish to slightly elongated berries are small and of amber - white color. The berries have a thick skin and have a slight taste of nutmeg.

The grape ripens 15 to 20 days after Chasselas and is therefore applicable in international comparison almost as quick maturing.

The variety is susceptible to powdery mildew, but does not tend to the irrigator, and works well with the drought in the summer months deal.

Despite generally low income, they are usually still too high, so that a reduction in yield must be performed by a specific grape thinning to achieve good wine qualities. For working out all the qualities of this variety are in quality oriented growers of the Rhone 30 hectoliters / hectare as an upper limit.

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