Henri Bouschet was a French viticulturalist who specialized in crossing pigmented ''teinturière'' varieties of Vitis vinifera grapes - particularly with a view to sourcing colour (and tannin). Son of renowned viticulturalist, Louis-Marie Bouschet (1784-1876; creator of the
Petit Bouschet), Henri also worked at ''Domaine de la Calmette'', in
Mauguio
Mauguio (; , primarily ''Melguelh'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
History
The city of Mauguio, seventh city of the Herault department and chief town of the district, is located 11 km east of Montpellier.
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, Hérault, France, close to the university town of Montpellier.
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Henri Bouschet is best remembered for the still relatively unknown, but world-class Alicante Bouschet
Alicante Bouschet or Alicante Henri Bouschet is a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1866. It is a cross of Petit Bouschet (itself a cross of the very old variety Teinturier du Cher and Aramon) and Grenache.[Grenache
Grenache () or Garnacha () is one of the most widely planted red wine grape varieties in the world.Niels Lillelund: ''Rhône-Vinene'' p. 25, JP Bøger – JP/Politikens Forlagshus A/S, 2004. . It ripens late, so it needs hot, dry conditio ...]
, with which the Petit Bouschet was crossed. Another of his creations is the Grand Noir de la Calmette
Grand Noir de la Calmette (or simply Grand noir) is a red ''teinturier'' grape variety that is a crossing of Petit Bouschet and Aramon noir created in 1855 by French grape breeder Henri Bouschet at his vineyard in Mauguio in the Hérault ...
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Works
* ''Collection de vignes à suc rouge obtenue par le semis après le croisement des cépages meridionaux avec le Teinturier'' by Henri Bouschet, 1865
* ''Trois nouveaux Muscats obtenus par la fécondation croisée et le semis'', by Henri Bouschet, 1872
* ''Solution de la question du phylloxéra par les vignes américaines'', by Henri Bouschet, 1875
References
Bibliography
* Pierre Viala
Pierre Viala (24 September 1859 in Lavérune – 11 February 1936) was a French scientist.
In 1901–1910 he and Victor Vermorel published '' Ampélographie. Traité général de viticulture'', a seven-volume ampelography of 3,200 pages des ...
, ''Les Hybrides-Bouschet : essai d'une monographie des vignes à jus rouge'', 188
French viticulturists
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