Carillon - resistant variety

Origin:

This is a red, fungus-resistant variety crossed in 2005 by the Weinbauinstitut in Freiburg.

Cross: Bronner x Mtp 3179 - 90-7

Synonyms:

FR 628-2005r

Requirements to the vineyard site:

Carillon should be planted in a very good location, as it takes a relatively long time to ripen.

Spread:

Currently very limited, as it is still very new.

Specials:

Carillon has small, rather compact bunches. The berries are very hard and therefore not susceptible to botrytis. The spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) also seems to dislike them. The leaf colour is striking, bright, dark green.

Despite the relatively small grapes, the yield potential is relatively high, as the number of grapes is high. There are many shoots with 3 grapes per shoot and some with 4 grapes.

This new variety from the Freiburg Viticulture Institute contains resistance properties from the Vitis species Muscadinia rotundifolia for the first time. Since the species Vitis vinifera, to which all our familiar European grape varieties belong, has a chromosome set of 2n=38 and Muscadinia has a chromosome set of 2n=40, crossing these two species is quite difficult. However, Muscadinia has very good resistance to powdery mildew.

Nevertheless, as early as 1916, the first ancestor of this variety was successfully crossed with a mother from the Vitis vinifera species (Malaga Seedling 1) and a father from the Vitis Muscadinia species (Muscadinia rotundifolia G52). Through multiple backcrossing of this variety, North Carolina 6-15, a variety called Carillon has now been created that combines some of the resistance of Vitis muscadinia with the high wine quality standards of Vitis vinifera.

The result is a very robust red wine variety of high quality.