Rosette (grape)

Rosette is a red grape variety from the large group of Seibel vines.

It is a new breed between varieties Jaeger 70 and an unknown Vitis vinifera varieties. The crossing was made by the French breeder Eugène Contassot and was further processed breeding by Albert Seibel. Through the influence of the parents, the hybrid vine rosette has the genes of the wild vine Vitis vinifera, Vitis rupestris and Vitis lincecumii.

Prior to 1958 it was grown to nearly 3680 acres in France. Today she is in Canada (about 15 ha) and at the cold North American east coast, for example, in the U.S. state of New York to find (→ Viticulture in New York, Finger Lake AVA).

The early maturing and high yielding variety has a good resistance to the vine diseases powdery mildew and downy mildew. It provides bright reds and rosés which are due to lack of acid in structure missing but are still pleasant to drink.

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

Synonyms: Seibel 1000 ( the breeding number).