🍇 Vidal Blanc
White wine grape from France; parents Trebbiano Toscano × Rayon D'or.
Vidal Blanc is a white wine grape from France. VIVC classes it as an interspecific hybrid rather than a pure Vitis vinifera variety.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Trebbiano Toscano and Rayon D'or. The breeder had given the pedigree as St. Emilion × Seibel 4986. VIVC names Jean-Louis Vidal as the breeder.
According to VIVC, it covered 1,920 ha in Canada (2008). Samples of the variety are kept in 11 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Vidal Blanc → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ French wine
- Related to
- 🍷 Ice wine
- Parents
- 🍇 Trebbiano, 🍇 Rayon d'Or
- Offspring
- 🍇 Villaris, 🍇 Felicia
Frequently asked questions
Where does Vidal Blanc come from?
According to VIVC, from France. VIVC names Jean-Louis Vidal as the breeder.
What are the parents of Vidal Blanc?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Trebbiano Toscano and Rayon D'or. The breeder had given the pedigree as St. Emilion × Seibel 4986.
What to read next
- 🗺️ French wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 🍇 Trebbiano — A name shared by several Italian white grapes; the best known is Trebbiano Toscano (Ugni Blanc), 111,000 ha worldwide (OIV, 2015).
- 🍷 Ice wine — Sweet wine from grapes frozen on the vine; the ice stays behind and the sweet juice is pressed out.
- 🍇 Villaris — A white wine grape bred in Germany in 1984.
- 🍇 Felicia — A disease-resistant German white grape from 1984.
Similar
🍇 Seyval Noir · 🍇 Select · 🍇 Sirius · 🍇 Folignan · 🍇 Rupestris du Lot · 🍇 Richter 110
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Vidal Blanc
- VIVC: area statistics VIDAL BLANC
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata