Manseng Noir

Manseng Noir is an ancient red wine grape that is grown in the wine region of Sud -Ouest in the southwest of France. It is part of the appellation wine Béarn, otherwise it is however rarely used.

The red wines are deep in color and tannins (tannins ). Due to a high content of acid ( acid → (wine) ) the wines require a long aging in the bottle before presenting themselves tannins and acidity in balance. The variety is therefore hardly to market yet and the area under vines decreased from 790 hectares in 1958 to about 4 acres in 1999.

Previously, the variety in the region around Irouleguy was grown in the Joint block with the vine Courbu Noir and marketed under the undifferentiated term Noirs du Pays ( herriko beltza ).

A study published in 2007 study shows that the varieties Baroque, Manseng Noir and Tannat are genetically very closely related. There is also a striking similarity to the species and the Malbec variety is genetically Claverie also closely related to this group. The variety Raffiat de Moncade has familial characteristics.

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

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is white wool hairy, with crimson trace. The young green leaves are slightly hairy and woolly bronze mottled ( Anthocyanflecken )
• The roundish leaves ( see also the article sheet form) are ungebuchtet or three-lobed The petiole is lyrenförmig open. The leaf margin is serrated blunt. The teeth are set wide in comparison to other varieties. The leaf surface (also called lamina ) is vesicular coarse.
• The drum-shaped grape is small to medium in size and quite dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are small to medium in size. You are at full maturity from deep blue to black in color.

The grape Manseng Noir ripens about 25 days after Chasselas, making it valid for a grape internationally as late maturing. The variety is hardly susceptible to powdery mildew and is considered profitable.

Synonyms

The grape Manseng Noir is also under the name Arrouya ( not to be confused with the variety Arrouya ) Courbu rouge, Gros manzenc, Mancep, Mansenc wholesale, Mansenc noir, rouge Manseng, Petit and Mansenc known.

In Portugal, the vines of the variety Espadeiro Mole as Manseng Noir were identified.