Hibernal is a variety of
white wine
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grape of the hybrid with ''
Vitis vinifera
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'' which was developed in 1944, by
Heinrich Birk at the
Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute
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. The variety is a genetic
crossbreed
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of the ''
Seibel 7053'' and ''
Riesling
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clone 239'' grape varieties.
Hibernal has had
plant variety protection since 1977 and was included on the list of varieties in 1999.
Hibernal was developed for the same reasons as other new varieties developed by the Geisenheim Institute, such as
Ehrenbreitsteiner
Ehrenbreitsteiner is a white wine grape Variety (botany), variety of German wine, German origin. It was created by Helmut Becker at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in 1964, by crossing the varieties Ehrenfelser and Reichensteiner. ,
Dakapo,
Rondo
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and
Saphira
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Many of the na ...
. The basic idea was to develop pest and fungus-resistant vines. In bad years Hibernal is susceptible to
mildew
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(
powdery mildew
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and
downy mildew
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) and must be provided with 1-2 sulphur treatments shortly before and/or shortly after flowering. The variety, however, has a very good winter hardiness even against stronger frosts.
The full-bodied and racy wine produced has a taste at times similar to a
Scheurebe. The variety is particularly important in South East Europe.
See also
*
German wine
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*
List of grape varieties
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References
* Walter Hillebrand, Heinz Lott, Franz Pfaff: ''Taschenbuch der Rebsorten.'' 13., neubearbeitete Auflage. Fachverlag Fraund, Mainz 2003, .
External links
Hibernaldatasheet in
Vitis International Variety Catalogue
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database
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