Précoce
Encyclopedia
Précoce is a French
term meaning precocial
but which when used in viticulture
is a term for "early ripening". This term is used in the names (or synonyms) of a number of more-or-less early ripening grape varieties.
Grape varieties with "Précoce" as part of their name include:
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
term meaning precocial
Precocial
In biology, the term precocial refers to species in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. The opposite developmental strategy is called "altricial," where the young are born or hatched helpless. Extremely precocial species may be called...
but which when used in viticulture
Viticulture
Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. When the grapes are used for winemaking, it is also known as viniculture...
is a term for "early ripening". This term is used in the names (or synonyms) of a number of more-or-less early ripening grape varieties.
Grape varieties with "Précoce" as part of their name include:
- Malingre PrécoceMalingre PrécoceMalingre Précoce is a white variety of grape of French origin used primarily as table grape and to some extent for wine. It was first cultivated by a French gardener named Malingre in the vicinity of Paris around 1840, who created it from seedlings of unknown origin...
- Muscat Précoce de SaumurMuscat Précoce de SaumurMuscat Précoce de Saumur is a white variety of grape of French origin. It was first cultivated in 1842 by Auguste Courtiller , who created it by selecting seedlings from a Pinot Noir Précoce vine with open pollination. Courtiller worked in the Jardin des Plantes of the city of Saumur...
- Pinot Noir PrécocePinot Noir PrécocePinot noir précoce or, as it is called in parts of Germany, Frühburgunder is a dark, blue-black, -skinned, variety of grape used for wine, and is a form or mutation of Pinot noir which differs essentially by ripening earlier than normal...