Négrette

Négrette is a red grape variety. She comes from southwest France and is still at home in the wine-growing region of Sud -Ouest. Your name has the variety of its dark color - " negre " is black in Occitan and the diminutive suffix - tte. They dominated in the blends of the appellations Côtes du Vins de Frontonnais and Lavilledieu. It also finds its way into the red wines of the fiefs Vendéens. The late-ripening variety is susceptible because of their thin shell for the powdery mildew, downy mildew, the raw rot as well as strong wind. It produces aromatic, very nice red wines with a high content of anthocyanins and a low content of tannins (see also the article phenols in wine). The wines with an intense violet aroma are already young very pleasant, but build in the bottle quite a few years out.

It is often rumored that she in the 12th century by the Crusaders from Cyprus (where the grape variety Kypreiko Greek Mavro: black was called ) came into their present home Fronton. In contrast, next to its name, says, however, that it played a major role in the wine region of Gaillac to the 19th century. It is therefore probably a local grape variety of the Southwest.

In California and Australia, there cultivated Pinot St. George has been identified by the French Pierre Galet ampelographers as Négrette in the 1980s. One finds the grape variety but also in Argentina, Bulgaria, and Mexico. To confusion contributes that the name is a synonym for the red grape Mourvèdre. In addition, they must not be confused with the standalone varietal Négrette de Nice. In France, a total of 5 clones with designations 581 and 663 ( the highest quality ) and 456, 580 and 582 approved. In 2007, the vineyards there raised was 1,319 hectares.

See also the article viticulture in France, viticulture in Australia, viticulture in Argentina, Viticulture in Bulgaria and viticulture in the United States and the list of grape varieties.

Synonyms: Cap de More, Chalosse Noire, Couporel, disgusting, Folle Noire ( on the island of Ile de Ré and the Île d' Oléron ), Morelet, Negralet, Negraou, Negret, Negret de Gaillac, Negrette de Chypre ( alluding to their home in Cyprus), Negretto, Pinot St. George, Saintongeais, Vesparo Noir and Villemur.