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Grape Variety: Viognier

Variety Name Viognier
TTB Approved Name(s) Viognier
All Synonyms Barbin, Bergeron, Galopine, Greffou, Petit Viognier, Petit Vionnier, Picotin blanc, Rebelot, Viogne, Vionnier, Vugava Bijela
Countries of Origin France
Species Vitis vinifera
References
Berry Color White
Uses Wine

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Viognier Selections

Information about:          Selection Numbers     |     Registration Status
  Viognier 01
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 Station de Recherches Viticoles, Domaine de Vassal, France
Treatments Heat treatment 149 days/ nurse bud on LN33 , Tissue Culture Excision
Comments This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1977 from the Station de Recherches Viticoles, Domaine de Vassal, France (USDA Plant Identification number 422377). The material underwent heat treatment for 149 days at FPS and was ultimately planted in the foundation vineyard in 1985. A tissue-cultured version of this selection has qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard (see Viognier 01.1).

  Viognier 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 Originally from Bonny Doon Winery in Santa Cruz County, California, via Lodi, California
Treatments None
Comments This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1999 from a vineyard in Lodi, California. The material originated from Bonny Doon Winery in Santa Cruz County, California. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Viognier 02 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2001. The name of this selection was changed from Roussanne to Viognier in 2002 after DNA analysis confirmed Dr. Jean-Michel Boursiquot's opinion that the selection had been previously misidentified.

  Viognier 03
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 Vineyard in Lodi, California, in 1999
Treatments None
Comments This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1999 from a vineyard in Lodi, California. After successful completion of testing for the California Registration & Certification Program, Viognier 03 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2001. The name of this selection was changed in 2002 from Roussanne to Viognier after DNA analysis confirmed Dr. Jean-Michel Boursiquot's opinion that the selection had been previously misidentified.

  Viognier 04
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 Vineyard in Mendocino County, California
Treatments None
Comments This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 2000 from a vineyard in Mendocino County, California. After successful completion of testing for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, Viognier 04 was planted in the FPS Classic Foundation Vineyard in 2002. The name attached to this selection was changed in 2002 from Roussanne to Viognier after DNA analysis confirmed Dr. Jean-Michel Boursiquot's opinion that the selection had been previously misidentified.

  Viognier 05 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 France via Ontario, Canada
Treatments Microshoot tip tissue culture therapy
Comments This selection came to Foundation Plant Services in 1999 from France via a nursery in Ontario, Canada. It is reported to be French clone 642. The original plant material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture disease elimination therapy at FPS in 1999 and qualified for the FPS foundation vineyard in 2006.

  Viognier 06 (proprietary) Top
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 , Tissue Culture Excision
Proprietary Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner.
Patented / Proprietary Proprietary
Comments This selection was imported to Foundation Plant Services in 2007 for Pepiniere Guillaume Nursery in Knights Landing, California. It is a proprietary selection distributed by Guillaume Nursery.

  Viognier 08 Top
Source Larry Hyde, Carneros, Napa
Treatments Tissue Culture Excision
Comments This heritage Viognier selection was donated to the FPS public grapevine collection in 2016 by viticulturist Larry Hyde of Carneros, Napa. The selection originated from a vine at Hyde Vineyards. Hyde has designated the material as the Phelps clone.

  Viognier 08.1 Top
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.
Protocol 2010 Qualifies for Protocol 2010.
Treatments Tissue Culture Excision
  Viognier 642 (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 Authorized clone Viognier 642, from ENTAV 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 ENTAV clonal program in France. The material is distributed through ENTAV licensees in the United States.

  Viognier 1042 (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.
Proprietary Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV-ITV
Patented / Proprietary Proprietary
  Viognier 1051 (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 Authorized clone Viognier 1051 from ENTAV, France
Treatments None
Proprietary Proprietary- cannot be distributed without written permission from owner: ENTAV-ITV
Patented / Proprietary Proprietary
Comments This proprietary selection was imported to the United States in 2012 by IFV for the ENTAV-INRA clonal trademark program. The plant material is official French clone 1051, which originated in the Loire region of France. The ENTAV catalogue indicates that the clone yields aromatic and well-balanced wines. The original material successfully completed testing to qualify for the FPS foundation vineyard in 2013.