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The red grape variety is an interspecific new breeding between Seibel 867 (Vivarais x Noah) x Seibel 2524 (Alicante Ganzin x Dutchess). Synonyms are Pignoleta Nera, Pignoletta, S 5455, Seibel 5455 and Solara. Genes of Vitis cinerea, Vitis labrusca, Vitis lincecumii, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera are included. The hybrid was crossed at the beginning of the 20th century by the French breeder Albert Seibel (1844-1936). It was a crossing partner (mostly under the breeding number Seibel 5455) of the new varieties Bellandais, Seyve-Villard 18-402, Colobel, Landal Noir, Seibel 13666 and Verdelet.

Plantet - Weintraube und Blatt

The early-maturing vine is very resistant to frost, powdery and downy mildew, as well as botrytis, and is therefore considered a PIWI variety. It yields a dark red wine with an insistent raspberry aroma. The variety was very successful and was cultivated extensively in France on around 28,000 hectares until the 1950s. After a temporary EU ban on hybrids, it was re-approved in 2008. It occupies 420 hectares of vineyards mainly on the Loire. There is also a tiny amount in Switzerland (0.2 ha). In 2016, 420 hectares of vineyard were designated (Kym Anderson statistics).

Pictures: Ursula Brühl, Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)

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