Bouchalès

Bouchalès is an ancient red wine grape that is grown in Aquitaine in the wine region of Bordeaux and in the winegrowing region Sud -Ouest in the south west of France. In 1988, an area under vines of 487 acres was filed after the statistics of 1958 still reported a backlog of 4,973 hectares.

The red wines have a low alcohol content, pronounced tannins (tannins ) and are deep red when fully ripe.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is hairy white wool. The green and glossy young leaves are at first woolly, hairy later spinnwebig.
• The slightly pentagonal shaped leaves ( see also the article sheet form) are dark green, five-lobed ungebuchtet or weak. The petiole is lyrenförmig open or closed easily. The leaf margin is serrated blunt. The teeth are set wide in comparison to other varieties. In autumn, the leaves discolored partially red.
• The cylindrical to conical bunch is medium, shouldered and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are small. You are at full maturity from deep blue to black in color and have a thick grape skins.

The grape ripens Bouchalès about 20 - 25 days after Chasselas and thus one of the varieties of the late second maturation period ( see the section in the article vine ). It is valid for a vine internationally as late maturing. The variety shall be deemed profitable, however, requires very warm locations. In the southwest of France they seldom come to full maturity.

Bouchalès drives out early and is thus vulnerable during late spring frosts. It is sensitive to the fungal diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew as well as against gray mold. Bouchalès is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ).

Synonyms

The grape is also known under the name Bouchalès Aubet, Bouchalès Chedy, Bouchalets, Boucharès, Bouchedey, Boucherès, Bouissalet, Bouscalès, Bouscarès, Bouyssalet, Capbreton Rouge, Cayla, Crapput, Craput, Cujas, Esparbasque, Grappu, Grapput, Gros de Judith, grappu Gros Gros Marthy, Marty Gros Gros maure, Gros mole, Jean Jean, Négrasse, Picardan, Picardan noir, Piquardan, Plant Touzau, Prolongeau, Prueras, Prueyras, queue Fort, Sensit Rouge, Toussan and Touzan known.