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Petit Bouschet

This red grape variety is a new cross between Aramon Noir x Teinturier du Cher. The crossing took place in 1824 (or 1829) in Mauguio near Montpellier by the breeder Louis Bouschet de Bernard. Synonyms are Aramon Teinturier, Bouschet, Bouschet de Bernard, Bouschet Petit, Colorino di Lucca, Le Bouschet, Négron de Aldán, Nero di Spagna, Petit Bouchet, Petit Bouse, Pti Bushe, Teinturier Bouschet, Tintinha and Tintorera. The breeding objective was to give the Aramon Noir more colour power. The vine is considered one of the first targeted and successful crosses. Later, it was used by his son Henri Bouschet and other breeders for other new crosses; these were Alicante Henri Bouschet, Carignan Bouschet, Cinsaut B ouschet, Grand Noir de la Calmette, Kármin, Karmrahyut, Lusitana, Morrastel B ouschet, Oeillade Bouschet and Terret Bouschet.

Petit Bouschet - Weintraube und Blätter

The early to medium ripening vine tends to develop side shoots (water shoots). It produces deep-dark, rather low-alcohol red wines with a neutral taste and simple quality, but is excellent as a teinturier (colouring grape). The vine was widespread in France in the second half of the 19th century, occupying several thousand hectares of vines; by the end of the 1950s, it was still over 1,200 hectares. However, it was replaced by Alicante Henri Bouschet. Today, the variety is grown on 14 hectares in Portugal and 107 hectares in Spain. In 2016, a total of 120 hectares of vines were designated (Kym Anderson). There are also other stocks in Algeria and Tunisia.

Source: Wine Grapes / J. Robinson, J. Harding, J. Vouillamoz / Penguin Books Ltd. 2012.
Grape: Ursula Brühl, Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Vine: Bauer Karl - Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link

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