Discreetly grapey with delicate Muscat aromas, this extremely early ripening grape variety is used primarily for the production of fresh fruit juice (Most) and young wine in full fermentation (Sturm).
Origin
Austria, Bad Radkersburg (Steiermark)
Parentage
Breed from Gelber Muskateller x Weissburgunder
Vineyard area
211.77 ha; 0.5%
Parentage
This variety was bred at around 1900 by Clotar Bouvier in Bad Radkersburg.
Vineyard area
Bouvier is found mainly in Burgenland. Between 1999 and 2020, its vineyard area decreased noticeably.
Important ampelographic features
Leaf
medium; circular with five lobes, deeply lobed
Grape cluster
small- to medium-sized; medium dense to loose grapes; cylindrical; often with wings; round, greenish-yellow grapes with thick skins
Significance, conditions
Bouvier is marketed mainly as a table grape, as must, “Sturm” (still-fermenting grape juice) or as young wine. In Burgenland, its primary growing region, the variety makes also Prädikat wines that usually express a mild character with a delicate nutmeg tone. Disadvantages to the variety are its unpredictable and low yields.
Ripening
Ripening
Area under vine in each of Austria’s wine-growing regions
(as a proportion of the variety’s total area)
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Gesamtfläche in Österreich: 211.77
