Jurançon (grape)

Jurançon Noir is an indigenous red grape variety of the wine-growing region Sud -Ouest in southwestern France. It is including in the appellations Vins de Lavilledieu, Vins d' Estaing and Vins d' Entraygues et du Fel used. By the year 1996, the Jurançon Noir was also approved for Cahors. The variety may also no longer be used for the wine from the wine growing region of Gaillac.

The area under cultivation is declining. In 1958, 12,325 hectares were still applicable in France alone. 2008 bestockte surface was only 786 hectares. Smaller acreage located in Uruguay.

The high-yielding varieties provides lightweight, light-colored wines with moderate alcohol content, which should be drunk young. The red wines have a light violet flavor.

In France, the clones 438, 571 and 659 are approved for commercial cultivation. The Institut National de la Recherche en Agronomy (INRA ) in Montpellier used the variety to the intersection of new varieties Chenanson and Segalin. Not related is the variety with the white Jurançon grape. For the wines from the eponymous wine region Jurançon Jurançon the red grape is not used.

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

Synonyms

The grape Jurançon Noir is also under the name Arrivet, Cahors, Chalosse noire, batch - continuous, Dame Noire, disgusting, Enrageat, Fola Belcha, Folle Noire, Folle rouge, Gamay, Gamay Moutot, Giranson, Gouni, Grand Noir, Gros grapput, Gouni or Gouny, Jalosse, Jurançon rouge, Luxuriant ( Aveyron ), Moutot, Nanot, Nochant, Nos champs, petit noir, rouge Piquepout, Plant de lady, lady Plant de blanc, Plant Quillat, Quillat, Quillard, Quillard rouge, saintongeais, sans pareil and Vidiella known.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is white wool hairy and occasionally dyed crimson. The yellowish young leaves are hairy and slightly woolly bronze mottled ( Anthocyanflecken ).
• The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and deeply sinuate ( see also the article sheet form). The petiole is lyres -shaped open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set closely compared to other varieties. The leaf surface (also called leaf blade ) is vesicular coarse. In autumn the foliage changes color slightly reddish.
• The cylindrical to conical grape is medium in size (on average 221 grams ), winged and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are medium in size (on average 1.9 grams ) and black - blue color.

The yielding variety matures about 20 days after Chasselas, and thus is already considered late maturing. Jurançon Noir is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic disadvantage is avoided, no return delivered to have male plants grow