Merzling

Merzling is a 1960 newly grown fungus-resistant white grape variety. The Merzling 1960 crossed by John Carpenter at the National Institute of Viticulture Freiburg Seyve Villard 5276, Riesling and Pinot Gris.

The name of variety derives from the town of Merzhausen on the southern outskirts of Freiburg (Breisgau ). The variety has been approved by the Federal Office of Plant Varieties 1993.

The wine-growing Freiburg operates, inter alia, the breeding fungus- resistant varieties (see also Ecological viticulture ), and makes an application for plant variety protection and plant variety registration in which official part by the Federal Office of Plant Varieties accordance with the provisions of the International Organization for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV only for those varieties, based in Geneva ) is detected and confirmed the assignment to Rebart Vitis vinifera. Thus the wines appropriate varieties can come within the scope of the provisions of the European market organization as a quality wine on the market.

In addition to the Merzling were at the State Institute of Viticulture and Freiburg with Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Carol, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cantor, Baron, Prior and Monarch red varieties and Bronner, Helios, Solaris, Souvignier gris and Muscaris other white varieties as breeding successes with in 2008, over 350 acres introduced in the market. The grape is also from St. John of Freiburg and is also a breeding of J. Zimmermann.

Properties of the Vine

The growth is fully erect, very strong and is done without stronger Geizttriebbildung, resulting in ease of use with respect to the foliage work results. The foliage has a very dominant. In dark green color, the leaves are medium in size and five-lobed with overlapping petiole. The plant has good wood maturity and winter frost resistance. The eyes sprouting occurs about the same time as the Müller- Thurgau. The grapes are large and relatively compact. The berries are medium to large in size and thin skin. Take in the full maturity of a yellow-green color. The maturation period is early and comparable with Müller -Thurgau, to which also results in a similarity in the level of income. However, the income of the Merzling are constant because of the better frost hardiness.

The resistance to the fungal diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew is good.

Characteristics of the wine

The wines are fruity, full-bodied and mostly neutral. When growing in a particularly warm layers and on triebigen soils the wines to develop a broad type and an annoying sound. In comparative tastings of Merzling achieved slightly worse results than the Müller -Thurgau, but average slightly better than the Silvaner from.

Synonyms: FR 993-60

Ethnicity: Seyve Villard 5276 x ( Riesling x Pinot Gris )

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