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Bouchalès
Bouchalès or Grapput is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in Bordeaux (wine), Bordeaux and Southwest France wine appellations. Plantings have declined in recent years as the vine has shown high sensitivity to downy mildew and black rot.J. Robinson ''Vines, Grapes & Wines'' pg 204 Mitchell Beazley 1986 Old vine plantings of Bouchalès that more than a 100 years exist at Château de la Vieille-Chapelle in the Fronsac AOC located just northwest of the city of Libourne in the "Right Bank" region of Bordeaux. These vines are believed to be some of the oldest vines in Bordeaux (where only 27% of the vines average more than 30 years age Wine Mega Bordeaux: A Few Statistical Figures'' Bordeaux News, January 2004), having likely survived the phylloxera epidemic of the late 19th century due to the ancient Libournais practice of flood irrigation, flooding the vineyards in winter which would disrupt the Nymph (biology), nymph stage in the life cycle of phylloxera.J. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grape Variety
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, Zante currant, currant, sultana (grape), sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see ''Vitis''. The term ''grape variety'' refers to cultivars (rather than the Variety (botany), botanical varieties that must be named according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants). Single-species grapes While some of the grapes in this list are hybrids, they are hybridized within a single species. For those grapes hybridized across species, known as interspecific hybrids, see the section on #Multispecies hybrid grapes, multispecies hybrid grapes below. ''Vitis vinifera'' (wine) Red grapes White grapes Rose grapes ''Vitis vinifera'' (table) Red table grapes * Black Corinth * Black Monukka * Black Rose (grape), Black Rose * Cardinal (grape), Cardinal * Mazza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
