Chelois

Chelois is a red grape variety. The red variety is a new breed between varieties Seibel 5163 and Seibel 5593rd The crossing was made by the French breeder Albert Seibel. Through the influence of the parents, the hybrid vine Chelois has the genes of Vitis labrusca wild vines, Vitis riparia, Vitis vinifera, Vitis rupestris, Vitis cinerea Vitis aestivalis and. Chelois belongs to the family of Seibel vines.

Prior to 1958 it was grown on nearly 900 acres in France. Today she is in Canada ( about 3 ha) and at the cold North American East Coast ( 65 ha), for example, in the U.S. states of New York ( → Viticulture in New York, Finger Lake AVA ), Ohio (→ Viticulture in Ohio ) Missouri to find (→ viticulture in Missouri) and Pennsylvania (→ viticulture in Pennsylvania).

The early maturing and high yielding variety has a good resistance to the vine diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew. It provides only moderate wine that delivers expanded as rosé the best results.

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

Synonyms: Chelois Noir and Seibel 10878 ( the breeding line number).

Ethnicity: Seibel 5163 x Seibel 5593