Léon Millot

Léon Millot is a 1911 Oberlin Institute in Colmar, Alsace by French breeders Eugène Kuhlmann ( 1858-1932 ) cultivated red grape. It is a cross between (Vitis riparia x Vitis rupestris ) x Goldriesling.

Léon Millot is precocious, high fungal resistance against powdery and downy mildew as well as against Botrytis cinerea. Thus it can be largely dispensed with pesticides. This variety is especially suitable because of early maturity for cooler areas. Depending on the configuration creates a full-bodied wine with a slight Fox sound.

In addition to Switzerland ( about 11 hectares of vineyards, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG ), it is cultivated in Alsace and in Canada. Since it is a hybrid vine, cultivation in Germany was banned in the 1930s, and may only be attached in the trial cultivation. In the 1960s positively evaluated experiments were carried out in the wine region Ahr. At the Ahr, the vine was assigned the synonym Early Black. According to a decree of 18 April 2008, the vine again is one of the officially authorized varieties for commercial cultivation, as shares of the noble vine Vitis vinifera contained in the genome of the plant

The grape varieties Léon Millot, Maréchal Foch Lucie Kuhlmann and have emerged from the same intersection and are therefore related.

The grape was named after the winemaker and nurserymen Léon Millot.

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

Synonym: Early Black, Kuhlmann 194-2, Millot

Ethnicity: MGt 101-14 (Vitis riparia x Vitis rupestris ) x Goldriesling. MGt 101-14 stands for Millardet et Grasset 101-14, which was crossed in 1882 by Pierre -Marie Alexis Millardet and Charles de Grasset.