Nobling is a white

German wine German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Ancient Rome, Roman era. Approximately 60 percent of German wine is produced in the state of Rhine ...

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that is a crossing between

Silvaner Sylvaner or Silvaner is a variety of white wine grape grown primarily in Alsace and Germany, where its official name is Grüner Silvaner. While the Alsatian versions have primarily been considered simpler wines, it was included among the vari ...

and

Chasselas Chasselas or Chasselas blanc is a wine grape variety grown mainly in Switzerland, France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, New Zealand, Croatia and Chile. Chasselas is mostly winemaking, vinified to be a full, Dry (wine), dry and fruit ...

. The variety was created in 1940 at the Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

by grape breeder Johannes-Friedrich Zimmermann.

Vitis International Variety Catalogue The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) is a database of various species and varieties/cultivars of grapevine, the genus ''Vitis''. VIVC is administered by the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding (''Institut für Rebenzüchtung Gei ...

(VIVC)
Nobling
' Accessed: October 9th, 2012 It is primarily found in the Baden wine region but its number have been declining for most of the late 20th and early 21st century from its high point of 100

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s (250 acres) in the late 1970s. Jancis Robinson, ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 129 Oxford University Press 1996

Viticulture

Nobling is a crossing of the Silvaner and Chasselas grape that was bred to ripen in the cooler climate of

German wine regions German wine regions are classified according to the quality category of the wine grown therein: '' Tafelwein, Landwein, Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete'' (QbA) and '' Prädikatswein''. The wine regions allowed to produce QbA and Prädikat ...

but still retain moderate

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levels.

Synonyms

In addition to Nobling, the grape is also known under its institute names from the Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg: FR. 128-40 and Freiburg 128-40.

References

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