Marsanne

Marsanne (usually referred to only briefly Marsanne ) is a white grape variety from the northern Rhone Valley. There she finds - often together with Roussanne Viognier or - in the white Hermitage as well as in the white wines of Saint-Joseph, Coteaux du Tricastin, Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Côtes du Vivarais and Crozes -Hermitage use. Input are also found in the wines of the AOC wines of Corbières, Costières de Nimes, Coteaux du Languedoc, Faugères, Minervois, Saint- Chinian and Cassis. In the year 2007 the area under vines in France amounted to 1,326 hectares. Louis Levadoux, a French Ampelograph arranged to Marsanne grape varieties of the family " of Sérines famille ", which also includes the varieties Syrah, Mondeuse, Viognier, Roussanne or Altesse. Thus, the variety came from the southeast of France.

Other regions are since 1860 Australia (Victoria ) and the Swiss Alps (Valais, here, however, usually referred as Ermitage ). Named after the village is the grape variety Marsanne in the French department of Drôme. The spread worldwide is estimated at nearly 2,000 acres

The gekelterte from the Marsanne white wine is usually full and mild, their aging potential is limited and does not reach that of the Roussanne.

See also the article viticulture in France, viticulture in Australia ( 199 hectares in 2007), viticulture in Switzerland ( 47 acres, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG ) and viticulture in the United States and the list of varieties.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is strong hairy white wool, with crimson trace. The young leaves are copper colored slightly hairy and spotted.
• The large and thick leaves are indented five lobes and deep. The petiole is closed, overlap the ends. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set very far in comparison to the varieties. The leaf surface (also called lamina ) is vesicular coarse.
• The cone- shaped bunch is medium to large in size, and loose- shouldered. The plump juicy berries are small to medium in size and of gold - white color.

The Marsanne casts out late and ripens about 20 days after Chasselas: therefore one of the mid-late maturing varieties. It is often infected by downy mildew and gray mold of the. Against powdery mildew it is quite resistant. Marsanne 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.

Synonyms

The variety Marsanne is also under the name Avilleran, Avilleron, Champagne Piacentina, Hermitage, Hermitage blanc, Ermitazh, Big Rousette, Hermitage, Marsan Belyi, Marsanne, Marzanne, Metternich, Rousseau, Rousette de Saint peray, Rousette large, white Hermitage and Zrmitazh known.