Aligoté

The Aligoté is a white grape variety.

In Burgundy, it is still the second most planted white wine grapes. Presumably it comes from this region, but is gradually supplanted by " modern" varieties. In Eastern Europe, the species continues to maintain. As in their home they will not be there expanded into high-quality wines, but to light, acid- stressed, fast -drinking mature wines. In the successor states of the Soviet Union, the area under vines is given as 10,000 acres, with 10,000 in Romania also, in Bulgaria there are 2,000 hectares. Generated simple white wines and sparkling wines for everyday use, that are not exported.

The wines are relatively flat and suitable for aging in casks. As they are often inexpensive wines for blending with crème de cassis ( Kir, after former mayor of Dijon canon Kir ) consumed young or as a spritzer wine. A large amount of flows in the Crémant de Bourgogne and Bourgogne Aligoté in.

Excellent quality reach only a few wines where the grape was grown on high-order principles, such as in Burgundy, where the small town Bouzeron has an AOC Bourgogne Aligoté - Bouzeron. In better years, this fresh, fruity wines to be equal with crisp acidity a good Chardonnay. In 2007, a vineyard area of ​​1,946 hectares was raised in France ( source ONIVINS, ).

See also the article viticulture in France, wine growing in Romania, viticulture in Switzerland ( 21.3 hectares as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG ), and Viticulture in Bulgaria and the list of grape varieties.

Descent

Due to genetic studies of 352 varieties turned out that the varieties Aligoté, Aubin Vert, Auxerrois, Bachet noir, Beaunoir, Chardonnay, Dameron, Franc Noir de la Haute Saône, Gamay Blanc Gloriod, Gamay, Knipperlé, Melon de Bourgogne, Peurion, romorantin, Roublot and Sacy all originated from spontaneous crosses between Pinot Blanc and Gouais. In the Pinot varieties, it was probably because of the Pinot Noir.

The success of these spontaneous crossing is explained that the two parent varieties are fundamentally different, genetically speaking. While the varieties of Pinot family believed to originate from Burgundy, the Gouais Blanc was brought by the Romans to France. In the Rebgärten of Burgundy and the southern Champagne both varieties were for some centuries in the Joint sentence.

Ethnicity: Pinot Blanc x Gouais

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is half open. She is white wool with a slightly hairy red approach. The bright green young leaves are hairy spinnwebig.
• The medium-sized leaves are entire or three-lobed and hardly sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is lyrenförmig open. The sheet is cut sharply. The teeth are medium in size compared to other varieties. The leaf surface (also called leaf blade ) is vesicular rough
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical grape is small and loose-. The roundish berries are also small and orange white color.

The vine grew strong results in good yields. Yields are in flat sheets usually very high, so that a reduction in yield must be performed by a specific vine training in order to achieve good quality wines.

Aligoté aged about 6 days after Chasselas grape variety and is one of the earlier maturing varieties. The variety is susceptible to powdery mildew, anthracnose and the raw rot.

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

Synonyms

The variety Aligoté is also under the name Aligotay, Alligotay, Alligoté, Blanc de Troyes, Carcairone Blanc, Carcarone, Carchierone, Chaudenet, Chaudenet grass, Giboudot Blanc, Griset Blanc, Karkarone Blank, Melon de Jura, Muhranuli, Mukhranuli, Pistone, Plant de Trois, Plant de Trois Raisins, Plant Gris, Purion blanc, Troyen Blanc and Vert Blanc known.