Breidecker

Breidecker is a white grape variety which was founded in 1962 by Heinrich Birk at the Geisenheim Research Institute in Geisenheim crossed from Silvaner x Riesling and the Chancellor. The largely resistant to fungal diseases (powdery mildew and downy mildew of grapevine) plant was named after Hans Breidecker, which made them popular in New Zealand. In 2007, the area under vines was still stagnating trend in 9 Hektar.In the literature is still often mistakenly variety Müller-Thurgau specified as a parent. The variety is through the use of the cultivar Chancellor a hybrid vine from European and American parents, in Germany it is only allowed in the trial cultivation. Plantings are known in addition to New Zealand in Canada and the United States.

See also the article viticulture in Germany, viticulture in Canada, New Zealand viticulture and winemaking in the United States and the list of grape varieties.

Synonyms: Geisenheim 4984, breeding line number Gm 4984

Ethnicity: ( Silvaner x Riesling) x Chancellor ( vulgo Seibel 7053 )

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is hairy and light green only spinnwebig. The bright green young leaves are almost glabrous.
• The medium sized dark green leaves are three-lobed and slightly sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is closed V-shaped.
• The cone- shaped bunch is medium and loose-. The roundish berries are medium in size and of a yellowish color.