Marselan
Variety obtained in 1961 by the French INRA by crossing Cabernet Sauvignon with Grenache.
It aroused considerable interest in France and in other countries for its valuable cultural aptitudes.
CULTIVATED AREA IN ITALY
|
YEAR |
1970 |
1982 |
1990 |
2000 |
2010 |
|
HECTARES |
– | – | – | – | 50 |
CULTIVATED AREA IN FRANCE
|
YEAR |
1968 |
1979 |
1988 |
2000 |
2008 |
2018 |
|
HECTARES |
– | – | – | 468 | 1.356 | 5.922 |
Bud-burst period:everage-late.
Ripening period: everage-late.
Yield: good and constant.
Ampelographic characters:
the bud has a slightly cottony, whitish-green apex and carmine-hued edges. Orbicular-shaped leaves with 5, 7 or 9 lobes and a slightly open U-shaped petiolar sinus, of a glossy, intense green colour with a glabrous underside. The large, pyramidal cluster carries a small, round berry.
Cultural aptitude:
vine of good vigor with an upright growth habit and shoots with long internodes. It adapts well to different environments, privileging tendentially hot and dry ones, soils of medium fertility, even slightly calcareous.
Training system and pruning:
it can be grown with short, spurred cordon pruning provided its vegetation is well supported.
Susceptibility to diseases and adverse conditions:
poor for all the main diseases. Good resistance to winter cold and to late frosts.
Enological potential:
with Marselan it is possible to create wines with good anthocyanin content, distinctive in flavor, of high quality and characterised by an intense scent of red fruits. Gifted with good structure and a high-quality polyphenolic profile (round, velvety tannins). Wines can undergo a brief aging and be blended with wines with a lesser potential.
Clones in propagation:
VCR498, French clones: Inra-Entav 980.
AGRONOMICAL AND ENOLOGICAL PERFORMANCES OF MARSELAN INRA-ENTAV 980
|
VARIETY |
CLONE |
ORIGIN |
HARVEST |
TRAINING SYSTEM |
NUMBER OF VINES/ha |
AVERAGE PLANT WEIGHT Kg |
YIELD t/ha |
BRIX DEGREE |
AC. TOT. in ac. tart. (g/l) |
MUST ph
|
| Marselan | CL.980 | VCR test plot in Livorno | 2007 | Spur. Cord | 5.000 | 1,88 | 9,4 | 22,5 | 7,2 | 3,19 |
| Marselan | CL.980 | VCR test plot in Livorno | 2008 | Spur. Cord | 5.000 | 1,64 | 8,2 | 22 | 7,1 | 3,34 |
| Marselan | CL.980 | VCR test plot in Livorno | 2009 | Spur. Cord | 5.000 | 1,76 | 8,80 | 21,9 | 7,3 | 3,31 |
| EVERAGE DATA | 5.000 | 1,76 | 8,8 | 22,13 | 7,2 | 3,28 |
| WINE TOTAL ACIDITY (g/l) | TARTARIC ACID (g/l) | MALIC ACID (g/l) | WINE Ph | NET DRYEXTRACT (g/l) | FLAVONOIDS (mg/l) | ANTHOCYANINS (mg/l) | TOTAL POLYPHENOLS (mg/l) | ALCOHOL (%vol.) |
REDUCING SUGARS (g/l) | VOLATILE ACIDITY (g/l) | |
| 6,8 | 2,5 | 0,5 | 3,3 | 28,8 | 2.031 | 1.066 | 3.576 | 13,67 | 4 | 0,54 | |
| 7,3 | 3,37 | 1,15 | 3,15 | 31,7 | 2.030 | 970 | 2.840 | 13,46 | 3,5 | 0,39 | |
| 6,4 | 2,98 | 0,28 | 3,29 | 30,5 | 2.150 | 880 | 2.880 | 13,33 | 4,8 | 0,46 | |
| EVERAGE DATA | 6,8 | 3,0 | 0,6 | 3,2 | 30,3 | 2.070 | 972 | 3.099 | 13,5 | 4,1 | 0,5 |