Çavuş

The white grape variety originates from Turkey. Synonyms grouped by country are Chaouch Blanc, Panse de Constantinople, Parc de Versailles (France); Tsaousi, Tsaoussi (Greece); Roseti (Italy); Caus Bijeli (Croatia); Ceaus Alb, Turceasca (Romania); Tchaouch (Russia); Caus Beli (Serbia); Damascenka (Slovakia, Czech Republic); Fehér Tökszölö (Hungary). The synonym Tsaoussi, used in Greece, causes confusion. Because, confusingly, there is also a "real" variety Tsaoussi on Kefallonia, but Çavuş is not related to this Greek variety according to DNA analyses. It was probably brought back in the 17th century by a Turkish sergeant (Turkish Çavuş) after a campaign from Ta'if near Mecca (Saudi Arabia) as a gift for the Sultan. Sultan Ahmet III. (1673-1736) had Çavuş vines (under the name Tchaouch) sent to the Turkish embassy in France in 1720, which then passed them on to the court of King Louis XV in Versailles. Here the vine was given the name Parc de Versailles. There is also a colour mutation with pink berries. The variety was a crossing partner of the new varieties Aurelia, Lyana and Misket Dunavski.

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