Servanin

Servanin is a red grape variety. It is cultivated in the French wine region Savoie. In the appellation Vin de Savoie she is one of the approved secondary varieties. Approved it is in the department of Isère. The area under vines went from almost 380 hectares in 1958 to only 10 acres back in 1988.

Despite a similar synonym of the variety is not to be confused with the Servagnin de Morges by at Morges, Canton of Vaud, in which it is merely a clone of Pinot Noir.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is white wool with hairy ruby approach. The bronze spotted young leaves are hairy spinnwebig.
• The leaves are three-lobed and sinuate default. The petiole is widely U-shaped open. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set closely compared the vine. The leaf surface (also called lamina ) is fine bubbles coarse.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical grape is small to medium in size and dichtbeerig. The elliptical berries are small and deep violet - black color.

The grape ripens about 20 days after Chasselas, and is thus in an international comparison still early maturing. Compared to the powdery and downy mildew, it is moderately resistant.

Synonyms

The grape Servanin is also known by the name Martelet, Persagne Douce, Petite Mondeuse, Salagnin, serene, Servagin, Servagneien, Servagnie, Servagnien, Servagnien of Avenières, Servagnin, Servanien and Servanit.