Couderc Noir

Couderc Noir is red variety. It is a naturally occurring interspecific new breed between Jaeger 70 (Vitis rupestris x Vitis lincecumii ) x an unknown Vitis Vinifera species. The intersection of these hybrid vine was discovered by Eugène Contassot in a Rebfeld. He brought the information collected by him to the famous Beer cores Rebzüchter Georges Couderc, who put the seeds and the variety continued to work on breeding.

The late-ripening variety is very resistant to powdery and downy mildew as well as against the raw rot. Couderc Noir provides alcohol-rich, deep, dark wine with aromas of currant and tar. The high-yielding variety was widespread at the beginning of the 20th century in the south of France and was in Rebsortenspiegel France still in the 1970s, before the Cabernet Sauvignon. The inferior grape variety is increasingly being cleared because of their own ( rather unpleasant ) taste. New vineyards are no longer created. According to a decree of 18 April 2008, the grape variety is one of the officially authorized varieties for commercial cultivation, as in the genome of the plant fractions of the noble vine Vitis vinifera contained In 2007, in France, a 236 hectare of area under vines collected (Source ONIVINS, )

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

Synonyms: Couderc 71-20 or Couderc 7120, Contassot 20 and Plant Verni