Solaris (grape)

Solaris is a 1975 newly grown fungus-resistant white grape variety. The Solaris was crossed at the State Institute of Viticulture Freiburg by Norbert Becker from the varieties Merzling and Gm 6493. Officially it is marked with the breeding line FR 240-75. Since 2001, enjoys the Solaris variety protection:

The name "Solaris" is derived from the sun, which helps the variety because of their power to an early maturity and a high sugar output.

The wine-growing Freiburg operates, inter alia, the breeding fungus- resistant varieties (see also Ecological viticulture ), and makes an application for plant variety protection and plant variety registration in which official part by the Federal Office of Plant Varieties accordance with the provisions of the International Organization for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV only for those varieties, based in Geneva ) is detected and confirmed the assignment to Rebart Vitis vinifera. Thus the wines appropriate varieties can come within the scope of the provisions of the European market organization as a quality wine on the market.

In addition to the variety Solaris were at the State Institute of Viticulture and Freiburg with Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Carol, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cantor, Baron, Prior and Monarch red varieties and Bronner, Helios, Souvignier gris and Muscaris other white varieties in the breeding successes with in 2008 on 350 acres the market introduced. The grape is also from St. John of Freiburg and is a breeding of J. Zimmermann.

Synonyms

  • Breeding number FR 240-75

Descent

Norbert Becker took to the intersection of this variety the parent varieties Merzling as mother and Gm 6493 as a father. Gm 6493 (or Geisenheim 6493 ) was a Sämlingspopulation, the Muscat Ottonel was crossed in 1964 by Professor V. Kraus in the former Czechoslovakia from the varieties Zarya Severa x. Prof. Kraus provided the seedlings Prof. Dr. Helmut Becker (1927-1990), then at the Geisenheim Research Institute operates at who recognized the importance of this material and it continued to work on breeding in progeny tests.

Norbert Becker researched at the crossroads of Prof. V. Kraus in 1964 for the Sämlingspopulation who had received the designation 6493 Gm only in Geisenheim, mistakenly vine Saperavi Severni instead Zarya Severa as a mother places ♀. A differentiated rechecked by N. Becker's successor Volker Joerger together with colleagues from the Geisenheim Research Institute was able to show the error and the true parenthood now applies in professional circles since 2003 as a secured clarified. However, these findings could not be included in the 13th edition of the Handbook of grape varieties.

  • Merzling x ( Zarya Severa x Muscat ottonel ) vulgo Gm 6493

Properties of the Vine

The leaves are large, three-lobed and dark green. The grapes are medium in size. Bud break, flowering and maturing take place beginning in comparison with standard varieties a week earlier. The frost resistance is considered to be very good. The location requirements are relatively low, since the variety has been the beginning of September a must weight of 100 degrees Oechsle. Solaris grows less upright, which makes the book work.

Characteristics of the wine

The wines are fruity and ripe, and are suitable as a blending partner of Riesling and Pinot Blanc.

Dissemination

The vineyards in Germany are distributed as follows among the various regions:

Source: Statistics vineyard of 13 March 2008, Federal Statistical Office, Wiesbaden, 2008 Descriptive list of varieties of the Federal Plant Variety Office, 2008, pp. 198ff.

Small stocks are also known in Switzerland. ( 11.4 acres, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG )

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