Wines made from Concord grapes
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More informations about the variety Concord
It is the result of a seedling planted in the United States, around 1840, recovered near the Concord River, a small river located east of Massachusetts. According to genetic analysis, it is an interspecific cross between the catawba and a vitis labrusca. Concord was for a long time the main variety cultivated in North America. It was introduced into Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, in France at the beginning of the phylloxera crisis, but was not widely propagated. It could be found in the Valleraugue region (Gard) at the foot of Mont Aigoual, in the Ardèche (our photos), etc. Today, it exists only as an isolated strain that can sometimes be found on the edge of a slope, which was our case. Through various and numerous crosses, it has been used to obtain some rootstocks and direct producer hybrids, which have now almost all disappeared.
What are the typical flavors of the Concord grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 28% of Concord
- Black fruitPresent in 15% of Concord
- OakPresent in 11% of Concord
- SpicesPresent in 6% of Concord
- EarthPresent in 6% of Concord
- MicrobioPresent in 5% of Concord
- Non oakPresent in 4% of Concord
- Citrus fruitPresent in 4% of Concord
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Concord
- CreamPresent in 1% of Concord
- StrawberriesPresent in 1% of Concord
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Concord
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Concord
- ChocolatePresent in 1% of Concord
- Tree fruitPresent in 1% of Concord
- Tropical fruitPresent in 1% of Concord
News about the grape variety Concord
Rare whiskies and DRC excite buyers at Sotheby’s HK auctions
A methuselah of Romanée-Conti 1976 from Burgundy’s vaunted Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was among the highlights in a two-day series of Sotheby’s wine and spirits auctions in Hong Kong last weekend. The six-litre bottle sold for HK$1.25m (US$159,350), against a pre-sale estimate range of HK$1m to HK$1.4m. In a separate spirits auction, a single bottle of Yamazaki 35 Year Old Japanese whisky fetched HK$1m (US$127,440). Rare white Burgundy was also in-demand during the weekend event. Top lot in a f ...
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‘Historical Super Tuscan’ producers unite under new association
Sixteen founding members launched the new ‘historical’ SuperTuscan wine committee in Florence last week. Paolo Panerai, of Castellare di Castellina, is president of the newly formed Comitato Historical Super Tuscans, with Davide Profeti, of San Felice, as vice-president. Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello and Solaia are some of the best-known SuperTuscans, is the committee’s honorary founder. The association has set its headquarters in Castelnuovo Berardenga, near Siena, and its foundi ...