Melon de Bourgogne

Melon de Bourgogne is an old Burgundian white wine grape that is grown in their region of origin very little, however, is widespread within the Loire wine region in the département of Loire -Atlantique under the name Muscadet.

In France it is grown on 12,483 hectares (as of 2007, source ONIVINS, ), the vast majority as Muscadet in the Loire -Atlantique. Worldwide known about 14,000 hectares under vine. With many to California (→ Viticulture in California ) exported and mistakenly referred to therein as Pinot Blanc vines, it was in fact the Melon de Bourgogne. Smallest stocks are in Switzerland under the name Muscadet known ( 0.06 acres, as of 2009, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG ).

The Melon de Bourgogne is a vigorous vine with average decent income. He gives a pleasant wine with low acidity.

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

Origin

A 1999 Carole Meredith conducted, large-scale DNA analysis with 352 varieties it can be concluded that the Melon de Bourgogne is a natural hybrid of the varieties Pinot blanc and Gouais Blanc. From the same survey showed that the varieties Aligoté, Aubin Vert, Auxerrois, Bachet noir, Beaunoir, Chardonnay, Dameron, Franc Noir de la Haute Saône, Gamay Blanc Gloriod, Gamay, Knipperlé, Peurion, Romorantin, Roublot and Sacy all of spontaneous crosses between Pinot Blanc and Gouais emerged. Since the Pinot Noir is very closely related genetically to the Pinot Blanc, a final confirmation is not yet available, so that scientists prefer the notation x Pinot Blanc Gouais.

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 probably x Gouais Blanc

Synonyms

The Melon de Bourgogne grape is also known under the name Auxerrois wholesale, Biaune, Blanc de Nantes, Bougogne blanche, Bourgogne verde, Bourgogne vert, blanc Bourguignon, Clozier, Feher Nagyburgundi, feuille ronde, Gamay blanc, Gamay blanc à feuilles rondes, Gamay blanc feuilles rondes, Game kruglolistnyi, Gros Auxerrois, Gros Blanc, Grosse Sainte -Marie, Lyonnais, Lyonnaise blanche, Malin blanc, Mele, Melon, Melon Blanc, Meurlon, Mourlon, Muscadet, Perry, Petit bourgogne, muscadet Petit, Petite biaune, Petite bourgogne, PetøÍn, Pétouin, Picarneau, Plant de Lons -le- Saulnie, Pourrisseux, roussette basse and later White Burgundy known.

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