Chancellor is a
hybrid wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
red
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...
variety produced by French viticulturist
Albert Seibel c. 1860. It is also known as
Seibel 7053 and is a cross of Seibel 5163 and Seibel 880.
The grape produces a fruity red
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
. It is susceptible to both
downy and
powdery mildew.
Synonyms
Chancellor is also known under the synonyms or breeding codes S 70-53, S-7053, Seibel 70-53, and Seibel 7053.
[ Vitis International Variety Catalogue]
Chancellor
, accessed 2010-07-08
References
Red wine grape varieties
Seibel grapes
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