Bouchalès

The bouchalès is a Cépage French of red grapes.

Origin and geographical distribution

It comes from the Aquitaine.

It is classified authorized in South-west. In 1988, it covered less than 490 ha compared with 4973 hectares in 1958.

Characters ampelographic

End of the young opened out, cottony branch.
Young fluffy, green and brilliant sheets.
adult Sheets, orbiculiares, whole or seldom with five lobes with narrow side sines, a petiolar sine in narrow quadrant or on superimposed board, ogival and broad teeth, a aranéeux limb in lower part.

Farming aptitudes

This type of vine strips shortly after the Chasselas and its maturity is of second late time: 20 - 25 days after the Chasselas.

It is a type of vine of good strength and an abundant productivity.

Technological potential

The bunches are of intermediate size and the bays are small. The bunch is cylindro-conical and winged. The type of vine is sensitive to the Mildiou with the Oïdium with the Black-rot and the gray Pourriture.

It gives a red Wine coloured and little alcoholic. With maturié insufficient, the wine is flat and acid

Synonyms

The bouchalés is known under the names of aubet, bouchalets, boucherès, capbreton red, cayla, cujas, esparbasque, grappu, grapput, large of Judith, large grapput, large marty, large Moor, large mol, jeanjean, négrasse, black seedling touzau, picardan, picardan, piquardan, Prolongeau, will prueras, prueyras, queuefort, toussan, touzan.