Terret Blanc

The white grape Terret Blanc is one of the varieties of the old variety Terret from the Languedoc in southern France. The acid- stressed wines were used before 1940 for the distillation of spirits and before the general mildew infestation for Vermouth.

Today, the variety is still permitted in the appellations of Cotes du Rhone, Cassis, Costières de Nimes, Coteaux du Languedoc, Corbières. Terret Blanc is often quoted in the literature as one approved for Châteauneuf -du -Pape varieties. In fact, it is not included in the respective appellation regulations.

In 1999 2886 acres of vineyards were planted with Terret Blanc. In 2007 an area of ​​1,586 hectares was only raised (,). The late maturing variety produces dry, fine and fragrant wines.

In France, the clones 1071 and 1072 allowed for growing quality wines.

Together with the varieties Terret Noir and Terret Gris, it forms the family of the styles that emerged from the Terret.

See also the article viticulture in France ( Languedoc → ( wine region ) ) and the list of grape varieties.

Ethnicity: variety of Tarret

Synonyms: Bourret blanc, blanc Tarret, Terret monstre

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is strong white wool to felt-like hairs, greenish with easy rötlichfarbenem approach. The bronze mottled, bubbly young leaves are slightly hairy.
• The medium-sized and thick leaves are five-lobed and moderately sinuate deep. The petiole is lyres - shaped open the peaks overlap slightly at the end of the petiole. The blade is serrated blunt. The teeth are set moderately dilated in comparison to other varieties.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical bunch is medium to large in size and dichtbeerig. The oblong berries are medium in size.

The grape ripens about 30 - 35 days after Chasselas and is thus regarded as late maturing.

The variety is susceptible to powdery mildew, downy mildew, but is hardly affected by the gray mold.