Dameron

The red variety Dameron is a variety of the French regions of Haute- Marne, Aube, the Vosges and the Jura.

The variety is almost completely gone, because it is very susceptible to powdery mildew, downy mildew and the raw rot. They therefore provides only very fluctuating yields. The high-yielding early maturing variety produces good red wines, which can be situated high between a Gamay wine and a Pinot Noir wine.

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

Origin

Due to genetic studies of 352 varieties in 1998 it turned out that the varieties Aligoté, Aubin Vert, Auxerrois, Bachet noir, Beaunoir, Chardonnay, Franc Noir de la Haute Saône, Gamay Blanc Gloriod, Gamay, Knipperlé, Melon de Bourgogne, Peurion, Romorantin, Roublot and Sacy also similar to the Dameron all originated from spontaneous crosses between Pinot Blanc and Gouais. Since the genetic differences between Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are extremely low, there is a precise specification of the Pinot - type not yet available.

The success of these spontaneous crossing is explained that the two parent varieties are fundamentally different, genetically speaking. While the varieties of Pinot family believed to originate from Burgundy, the Gouais Blanc was brought by the Romans to France. In the Rebgärten of Burgundy and the southern Champagne both varieties were for some centuries in the Joint sentence.

Ethnicity: Pinot Blanc x Gouais

Synonyms

Synonyms are Dameret Noir, Foirard Noir d' Arbois, Gros Bec, Luisant Noir, Noir de Lorraine, Noir Facan, Noirgot, Pinot Rouge, Simoro, Valais Noir de Poligny Valdenois des Vosges, Vert Noir