Plantet

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Plantet is a red

cross of two Seibel grapes, Seibel 867 x Seibel 2524 with another theory speculating that Plantet's parentage was Seibel 4461 crossed with Berlandieri-Jacquez.[1]

Plantet is grown primarily in the

yields. The variety is generally reliable and disease resistant, producing well even after suffering through a spring frost, however the berries tend to be difficult to crush which, along with the uprooting of hybrid varieties throughout France, has contributed to the variety's decline in the latter half of the 20th century.[1]

History

Developed by grape breeder Albert Seibel in the late 19th century, Plantet's exact parentage in unknown though it very likely has at least one Seibel grape as a parent. For most of the 20th century, the variety was the most widely planted hybrid in the Loire Valley. Throughout France, the variety hit its peak in 1968 with more than 64,000 acres (26,000 hectares), almost exclusive to the Loire Valley and other scattered northern French wine regions.[2]

However, the later half of the 20th century saw Plantet caught up in the same disfavor that befell all hybrid grapes in France (most notably

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wines contributed to a sharp decline for the grape variety. By the end of the 1980s there was less than 1,000 hectares of the grape throughout France.[2]

Viticulture

Plantet was likely bred by Seibel to be a winter-hardy variety and to some extent it is. Growers in the Loire and many northern French wine regions found that the grape still produced high yields despite severe winters and late spring frost when many other varieties, particularly those of

New York State after their harsh winters.[2]

Synonyms

According to the Vitis International Variety Catalogue, the only known synonym for Plantet is original catalog name, Seibel 5455.[3]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-85732-999-6
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-19-860098-4
  3. ^ Plantet Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, Accessed: February 21st, 2011
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