Orléans (grape)

The Orleans is a nearly extinct ancient white grape variety that was common until the 19th century in Germany. There is a strong growing, rich -bearing variety. The berries are large and very thick-.

Since the Orleansrebe ripens late, she brought only in good vintages produced appealing qualities. Indispensable was a slightly heatable floor like the slate soil of Rüdesheim mountain. Your wine was considered difficult, of a peculiar flavor and a long shelf life.

History: According to tradition, the kind of Karl the Great was brought from France to the Rhine. Presumably, however, it was the Cistercian monastery of Eberbach, which first planted the Orleans in the 12th century in the Rheingau. The name alludes to the city of Orléans, speaks at least for the origin from France. Due to their high demands on the location it was planted, especially in the climatically favored prime locations of the Rheingau ( Schloss Johannisberg, Rüdesheim Berg and Assmannshausen ). Certainly she was also in the top layers of forest on the Wine Route, is their cultivation is also at the Kaiser chair and in Ortenau. From the first half of the 19th century, but was ousted from the Riesling. 1890 was valued their vineyard in the Rheingau on 11.4 acres. The last known Orleans Wine of the 20th century was pressed in 1921 in Rüdesheim.

1988 came the last bottles 1920s and 1921er from the collections of state winery Kloster Eberbach for auction. A tasting certified them

" [ ... ] A lot of substance, even after six decades, is still unbroken [ ... ] strong, distinctive smell; noble race, balance [ ... ] fine, clean nose, harmony of fruit, fabric and spice to completion. "

The winemaker Armin Diel seemed assessing the 1921ers in the catalog, however, " Heavily plated ", during the 1920's was pretty good judges:

"Strong gezehrte fruit, soft acidity, tastes very old, dry, only as a rarity of interest ( 1921er ) [ ... ] Whisky colors, fine mature bouquet, fig scent, yet amazing acid residues, also dry tasting ... ( 1920 ) "

The 1921er Ruedesheimer Schlossberg Orleans attained at the auction DM 5,700, which was slammed with 6,000 DM 1920.

In the 80s and 90s succeeded Prof. Becker from the Geisenheim Research Institute to grow the new variety from feral hives abandoned terraces of Rüdesheim mountain. Rüdesheim winemaker Bernhard Breuer put it to a vineyard with 500 sticks and brought in 2002 the first maiden of wine on the market. Winemaker Gerhard Gietz from Weingut Dr. Gietz from Johannisberg in 2004 put on 430m ² of its non- allocated, ancient, small terraces in Rüdesheim Berg Rottland, a vineyard from the sticks of the Geisenheim Research Center and brought in 2009 the first maiden of wine on the market. Another experimental planting with 700 sticks are available in Laumersheim in the Palatinate.

Five sticks of the variety found in 2008 in the course of a given by the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food commissioned nationwide survey in a plant of the baroness of Racknitz on Disibodenberg at home or at Glan. The Blend watchers Andreas Jung put it firmly with ampelographic compare. Maybe it is the oldest vines in Germany.

Synonyms: Gartengst, Gelber Orleans, Gros Riesling, Hartheinisch, Hartheinsch, hard stallion, Orlänsch, Orlänzsch, oleander Orleaner, Orleans yellow, jaune Orléans, Orléans vert, Orleanser, Orleans grape, Orleanzer, Wälscger White, White Orleaner, White Orleans,

Ethnicity: unknown, probably from France