Tressot

Tressot, also called Tressot Noir is a red grape variety. In the variety known for a long time, it is probably a spontaneous crossing of varieties Duras and Petit Verdot. This also is established that it is the Tressot to an autochthonous variety in France, which probably comes from the southwest of the country. In the literature of Tressot is often confused with the variety Trousseau. Although hardly grown, they are still one of the varieties accepted in the regional AOC Bourgogne, which is part of the Burgundy wine region.

See also the article viticulture in France and the list of grape varieties.

Ethnicity: Duras x Petit Verdot. Since the grape Trousseau is sometimes also called tressot, it may be in the variety that has been studied by researchers at the University of Davis, also a different variety.

History

Written evidence of this variety can be traced back to the year 1394. In a letter from Charles VI. is reported from a winery in the Yonne, its employees the quality pinoz (ie, the Pinot Noir ) inferior tréceaux when restricted to enrich themselves.

The former spelling is also a reference to the etymology of the word. As in the Yonne, the word ceau a vine, ie tréceaux translated three vines. Thus, the name alludes to the profitability of the vine that bears three times more than the Pinot Noir in about.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In the ampelography the habit is described as follows:

• The shoot tip is open. It is densely hairy white wool, with slightly rötlichfarbenem approach. The greenish-yellow young leaves are slightly hairy and woolly mottled orange.
• The medium-sized leaves are indented five lobes and deep. The petiole is lyrenförmig closed. The sheet is cut sharply. The teeth are set moderately dilated in comparison to other varieties. The leaf surface (also called lamina ) is fine bubbles. In autumn the foliage changes color almost completely red.
• The drum-shaped bunch is medium and dichtbeerig. The roundish berries are small and nearly black color. The berries have a medium-thick skin and a neutral flavor.

The grape ripens about 10 days after Chasselas and is thus considered still early maturing. It sprouts quite late and thus escapes the late frosts. It is susceptible to powdery mildew and is difficult to be grafted on rootstocks. After the phylloxera disaster at the end of the 19th century its importance, therefore, fell sharply.

Synonyms

Due to the long history of the list of synonyms is long. Tressot is also known under the name ancien Tresseau, Bon Tresseau, Bourguignon noir, Begin panaché, Foualliard, Fouallieux, Grand noir, Grand Trssiot, Grand decayed, Gros Tressot, Guila noir, noir Morillon, Nairen noir, Nairien, Nairien noir, noir Nere Neri Blue, refineries, Nerre, Neuchâtel, Noirien, Pendoulat, Nerre Petit, Petit verot, Petite Nerre, Plant de Thoisey, Treceau, Treceault, Tresseau, Tresseau ordinaire, Tressiot, Tressiot enragé, Tressot, Vereau, Vero, Verot, Verrot or rotting de Coulanges known.