Mondeuse Blanche

The white grape Mondeuse Blanche is an indigenous variety of the Savoy region, and is grown in the appellation AOC Vin de Savoie and Vin du Bugey VDQS area. However, their distribution is extremely low. In 1999, only 5 hectares of vineyards in France were collected.

The variety produces quality wines with high acidity, the extremely age well and can have a life expectancy of more than 30 years.

According to José Vouillamoz Mondeuse Blanche and Noire Mondeuse are in a parent- child relationship. Louis Levadoux, a French Ampelograph arranged to Mondeuse the vine family " famille the Sérines ", composed of the varieties Syrah, Roussanne, Viognier, Marsanne or Altesse. Thus, the variety came from the southeast of France. In the past, a Mondeuse Grise was described by the ampelographers Pulliat, but is probably extinct.

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

Parent red Syrah

However, in 1998, the Mondeuse Blanche gained additional importance. After DNA analysis of the University of California at Davis is probably the result of a natural cross between Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche the well-known red grape variety Syrah.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. She is hairy woolly, the tips are greenish with light bronze approach. The bright green young leaves are slightly hairy and bronze strong.
  • The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and distinctly sinuate. The petiole is lyres -shaped open. The blade is serrated. The teeth are medium in size compared to the varieties.
  • The drum-shaped grape is shouldered, medium in size and dichtbeerig. The rounded or slightly elongated berries are medium in size and green - golden color. The aroma of the berry is fairly neutral, but sourly.

The grape ripens about 20 days after Chasselas, making early ripening conditions for the South of France, so that they can mature in the Bergslagen Savoy.

Synonyms

The grape Mondeuse Blanche is also known under the name Aigre Blanc or Blanc aigre (translated white vinegar ), or Blanche Blanchette, Couilleri, Dongine, Donjin, Jongin, Jonvin, Persagne and Savouette.

Indigenous (ecology) Savoy wine Vin de Savoie AOC Bugey wine Mondeuse noire Crossbreed Pierre Galet Jancis Robinson
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