Terret Noir

Terret Noir is a red grape that is one of the 13 approved for Châteauneuf -du -Pape varieties, but it is no longer widely used due to disease susceptibility. 1979 were 1150 ha with Terret Noir stocked. By 2007, their vineyard is on 189 ha declined (Source ONIVINS, ).

She has a good structure with a strong acid backbone; the wines smell pleasant, are lightweight and have a bright color. They thus ideal complement to form the strong base wines from Grenache or Mourvèdre, with which it is often used in blends.

Their home is in the wine growing region Rhône where it is incorporated into the wine of Cotes du Rhone in addition to the Châteauneuf -du -Pape. However, it is also in the Languedoc - used appellation Minervois, Corbières and Coteaux -du- Languedoc. Smaller plantings are known in Australia.

The Terret Noir grape is like its related varieties Terret Gris and Terret Blanc a mutation of the old variety Terret.

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

Ethnicity: variety of Terret

Synonym: Terret du Pays

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. She is strong white wool hairy to tomentose, greenish with easy rötlichfarbenem approach ( Anthocyanflecken ). The bronze spotted, 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. In autumn the leaves turn slightly reddish.
• The cone - shaped to cylindrical bunch is medium to large in size and dichtbeerig. The oblong berries are medium in size and of a black - blue color.

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. The yield of the variety is less than that of his close relatives Terret Gris and Terret Blanc.