Camaralet B
Name of the variety in France

Camaralet
Origin

This variety originally comes from the Pyrénées.
Synonyms

There is no officially recognized synonym in France nor in the other countries of the European Union, for this variety.
Legal information

In France, Camaralet is officially listed in the "Catalogue of vine varieties" on the A list and classified.
Use

Wine grape variety.
Evolution of cultivated areas in France

1979 | 1988 | 1998 | 2008 | 2018 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ha | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Descriptive elements

The identification is based on:
- the tip of the young shoot with a high density of prostrate hairs,
- the young leaves with bronze spots,
- the adult leaves with five lobes, deep open U-shaped lateral sinuses with often a tooth inside, an open petiole sinus, no anthocyanin coloration, a flat leaf blade and on the lower side of the leaves, a medium density of erect and prostrate hairs,
- the slightly ellipsoid berries.
- the tip of the young shoot with a high density of prostrate hairs,
- the young leaves with bronze spots,
- the adult leaves with five lobes, deep open U-shaped lateral sinuses with often a tooth inside, an open petiole sinus, no anthocyanin coloration, a flat leaf blade and on the lower side of the leaves, a medium density of erect and prostrate hairs,
- the slightly ellipsoid berries.
Genetic profile

Microsatellite | VVS2 | VVMD5 | VVMD7 | VVMD27 | VRZAG62 | VRZAG79 | VVMD25 | VVMD28 | VVMD32 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allel 1 | 131 | 229 | 243 | 178 | 188 | 246 | 240 | 227 | 239 |
Allel 2 | 149 | 234 | 249 | 186 | 200 | 260 | 254 | 233 | 271 |
Phenology

Bud burst: 9 days after Chasselas.
Grape maturity: mid-season, 3 weeks after Chasselas.
Grape maturity: mid-season, 3 weeks after Chasselas.
Suitability for cultivation and agronomic production

[Drafting underway]
Susceptibility to diseases and pests

Thanks to its very loose bunches, Camaralet is usually verry little sensitive to grey rot, except when it is over-ripe.
Technological potentiality

This variety is renowned for the quality of its very fine wines (alcoholic, honeyed and ample) and their aromatic typicity (cinnamon, pepper, fennel).
Clonal selection in France

The two certified Camaralet clones carry the numbers 1023 and 1024. A conservatory of ten or so clones was planted in the Jurançon wine-growing region (French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Bibliographic references


- Catalogue des variétés et clones de vigne cultivés en France. Collectif, 2007, Ed. IFV, Le Grau-du-Roi, France.
- Documentary collections of the Centre de Ressources Biologiques de la Vigne de Vassal-Montpellier, INRAE - Institut Agro | Montpellier, Marseillan, France.
- Documentary collections of the Centre de Ressources Biologiques de la Vigne de Vassal-Montpellier, INRAE - Institut Agro | Montpellier, Marseillan, France.
Description of clones certified in France
