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Marselan

Variety obtained by INRA in France in 1961 by crossing Cabernet Sauvignon with Grenache.
It has generated considerable interest in France and other countries for its valuable cultivation characteristics.

CULTIVATED AREA IN ITALY

YEAR

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HECTARES

50

CULTIVATED AREA IN FRANCE

YEAR

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HECTARES

468 1.356 5.922
Budbreak period: medium-late.
Ripening period: medium-late.
Yield: good and consistent.
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 aptitudes:

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 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 trial field Livorno 2007 Spur. Cord 5.000 1,88 9,4 22,5 7,2 3,19
Marselan CL.980 VCR trial field Livorno 2008 Spur. Cord 5.000 1,64 8,2 22 7,1 3,34
Marselan CL.980 VCR trial field 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
Marselan

VCR498

Enological potential:

In the wine, the predominant aromas are those of red fruits; on the palate it is full, balanced and persistent, with good acidity and structure; the tannins impart a slight astringency without being aggressive.

Origin: Boucoiran et Nozieres – France
Year of approval: 2021

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VARIETY EVERAGE

SENSORY PROFILE

—●— Variety everage

—●— VCR498