Chambourcin () is a variety of grapevine belonging to the ''

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in the

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family

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. It is a French- American interspecific

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variety used for making

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. Its parentage is uncertain, but genetic studies show it likely includes several North American Vitis species in its background including: ''V. berlandieri'' Planch., ''V. labrusca'' L., ''V. lincecumii'' Buckley, ''V. riparia'' Michx., ''V. rupestris'' Scheele, and ''V. vinifera''. The hybrid was produced by Joannes Seyve who often used Seibel hybrids produced in the 1860s. The grape has only been available since 1963; it has a good resistance to

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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 German 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

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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 of 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

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, New York, and

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. It is also grown in Harrow and Ruthven, Ontario, and in Kelowna, B.C.,

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; several counties in

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; Frederick, Washington, Harford,

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, and St. Mary's County, Maryland;

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;

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;

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; in the Ohio River Valley AVA

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; in the Lake Erie AVA of

, New York, and

; Greenbrier, Calhoun, Roane, and

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counties in

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;

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; the Shawnee Hills AVA of southern

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; the Yadkin Valley and Haw River Valley of

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; Western Tennessee in the Mississippi Delta AVA; Missouri[Augusta AVAMissouri">ugusta_AVA.html" ;"title="Missouri[Augusta AVA">Missouri[Augusta AVAMissouri; south-central Kansas; Norman Oklahoma; New Zealand's Northland Region; the Hunter Valley wine, Hunter Valley Region of New South Wales and other warm, humid regions in Australia (wine), Australia; also in France (wine), France and

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