Cabernet Dorsa

Cabernet Dorsa is a German newly bred variety. It originated from a cross between the varieties Gamay and spine fields. The original information of breeders Helmut Schleip and Bernd HE Hill, if it were a cross of thorn fields and Cabernet Sauvignon, could be disproved by a DNA analysis in the meantime.

It was introduced in 1971 by the National Training and Research Institute of Pomology and Viticulture in Weinsberg. 33 years later, the entry was made in the list of varieties. In Germany, in 2007 222 hectares ( or 0.2 % of German vineyards ) planted with Cabernet Dorsa. The area increases for a few years. In 2006 214 hectares were planted after already 162 hectares were collected in 2004. The grape has a good winter hardiness, achieves higher must weights than the mandrel fields or the Pinot Noir, and the red wine suitable for aging in small oak barrels, the barrels. Smaller stocks are also known in Switzerland ( 20.4 acres, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG )

See also the article viticulture in Germany and viticulture in Switzerland and the list of grape varieties.

Synonym: We breed number 71-817-92

Breeding: the vine is a hybrid (mother x father) from the varieties Gamay and spine fields.

From the same intersection comes from the grape variety Cabernet Dorio. Cabernet Dorsa is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic drawback is avoided to have no income supplying male plants grow.

Dissemination

The vineyards in Germany are distributed as follows among the various regions:

Source: Statistics vineyard of 13 March 2008, Federal Statistical Office, Wiesbaden, 2008 Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office, 2008, page 198ff.