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Grape Variety: Petit Verdot

Variety Name Petit Verdot
TTB Approved Name(s) Petit Verdot
All Synonyms Bonton blanc, Bouton, Carmelin, Heran, Lambrusquet noir, Petit Verdau, Petit Verdot Noir, Plant de Palus, Verdau, Verdot, Verdot Petit, Verdot Rouge
Countries of Origin France
Species Vitis vinifera
References
Berry Color Black
Uses Wine

Petit Verdot PhotosClick photo to enlarge

                         

Petit Verdot Selections

Information about:          Selection Numbers     |     Registration Status
  Petit Verdot 02
Registration Status Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source Former UC Foothill Experiment Station, Jackson, California
Treatments None , Tissue Culture Excision
Comments This selection came to Foundation Plant Services around 1965 from the former University of California Foothill Experiment Station in Jackson, Amador County, California. The material underwent basic index testing at FPS and was planted in the foundation vineyard in 1967. A tissue-cultured version of the original material has qualified for planting in the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard (see Petit Verdot 02.1).

  Petit Verdot 03 (proprietary)
Registration Status Provisional Provisional Status is an important term used in the regulations of the California Department of Food & Agriculture's Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Grapevine selections with Provisional Status have successfully completed all required disease testing, but have not been confirmed as true to variety. Propagation material from Provisional selections qualifies for release subject to the understanding on the part of the customer that the identity has yet to be confirmed.
Source France
Treatments None
Proprietary Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner.
Patented / Proprietary Proprietary
Comments This proprietary selection from France is Petit Verdot Guillaume selection G1 from Pepiniere Guillaume in Charcenne, France. It was imported in 2008 and is distributed through Guillaume Grapevine Nursery and its licensees.

  Petit Verdot 06.1
Registration Status Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source Duarte Nursery, Hughson, California
Treatments Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
Comments This selection was donated to the Foundation Plant Services public grapevine collection in 2009 by Duarte Nursery in Hughson, California. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy at FPS in 2009. The treated material qualified for planting in the Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2013 and for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard in 2015 (Petit Verdot 06.1).

  Petit Verdot 400 (proprietary)
Registration Status Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source Authorized French clone Petit Verdot 400 from ENTAV-INRA in France
Treatments None
Proprietary Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV-ITV
Patented / Proprietary Proprietary
Comments This proprietary selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1997 from the French clonal development program (ENTAV-IFV)in France. The clone is authorized clone 400 which originated from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region in France. The original material successfully qualified for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 1999. See also, Petit Verdot ENTAV-INRA® 400.1.

  Petit Verdot 1058 (proprietary) Top
Registration Status Registered Registered is the ultimate status in the California Department of Food & Agricultures Grapevine Registration & Certification Program. Registered selections have successfully completed all disease testing required by the regulations. Registered selections have also been confirmed as true to variety by experts using visual observations, DNA-based testing or both.
Source Petit Verdot ENTAV-INRA ® 1058 authorized clone from ENTAV in France
Treatments None
Proprietary Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV-ITV
Patented / Proprietary Proprietary
Comments This is the authorized French clone Petit Verdot 1058, released under the official ENTAV-INRA clonal trademark program for French clones. The plant material was tested at Foundation Plant Services and planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2006.