Chambourcin is a
species
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of
grapevines
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belonging to the ''
Vitis
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''
genus
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in the
flowering plant
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family
Vitaceae
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. It is a
French-
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interspecific
hybrid grape
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variety
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used for making
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. Its parentage is uncertain. The hybrid was produced by
Joannes Seyve
Joannes Seyve (1900–1966) was a French biochemist who often used Seibel wine grape hybrids first produced in the 1860s. He created the Chambourcin grape, a French hybrid variety that is grown extensively in the Midwest and Northeast United State ...
who often used
Seibel hybrids produced in the 1860s. The grape has only been available since 1963; it has a good resistance to
fungal
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disease, and is one of the parents of the new disease resistant variety,
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, which is increasing in popularity among
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grape growers.
Chambourcin is considered a very productive grape with crop yields reported ranging from 11.1 tons per hectare to 17.3 tons per hectare in a study performed by Ohio State University.
Chambourcin wine
The grape produces a deep-colored and aromatic wine. It can be made into a dry style or one with a moderate residual sugar level. Chambourcin is a
teinturier
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, a grape whose juice is pink or red rather than clear like most red vitis vinifera cultivars.
The red juice fermented over the red skins can produce a very strongly flavoured wine. Most red wines are served at cellar temperature (55-58 degrees F.) to bring out the flavour but some Chambourcin wines have such a strong flavour that it is recommended that they be served chilled.
Wine regions
Chambourcin has been planted widely in the
mid-Atlantic region of
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, particularly in such states as
New Jersey
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,
New York
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, and
Pennsylvania
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. It is also grown in
Harrow and
Ruthven, Ontario, and in
Kelowna, B.C.,
Canada
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; several counties in
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,
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,
Harford,
Prince George's County, Maryland
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Calvert County, Maryland
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, and
St. Mary's County, Maryland;
Kent County, Delaware
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Ohio River Valley AVA Ohio
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Greenbrier,
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counties in
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; the
Shawnee Hills AVA of southern
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; Western Tennessee in the
Mississippi Delta AVA;
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; south-central
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; Norman
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