Vignoles (grape)

Vignoles is an early 20th century by the French breeder Jean François Ravat newly grown white wine grape. It is a cross between Seibel 6905 and Pinot Noir. It is a very complex breeding in the genes of the wild vines Vitis rupestris, Vitis aestivalis, Vitis cinerea and Vitis vinifera are available.

Ravat was a mining engineer and began in 1929 near Marcigny near the Burgundy with the new breed of vines.

Since Vignoles is a hybrid vine, the cultivation in the EU was banned in the 1950s, and may only be attached in the trial cultivation. The species is, however, at the North American east coast in the U.S. states of New York ( Finger Lakes ), Missouri (→ viticulture in Missouri), North Carolina ( → Viticulture in North Carolina), Pennsylvania ( → viticulture in Pennsylvania), New Jersey (→ Viticulture in New Jersey) and Michigan ( → Viticulture in Michigan) grown. It is mainly used for sparkling wines. The susceptibility to gray mold allows but also when fully ripe the extraction of sweet wines with noble rot.

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

Synonym: Ravat 51

Ethnicity: Seibel 6905 (Le Subéreux ) x Pinot Noir