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Chancellor

The white grape variety (also Alzey S. 3983, Chancellor grape) is a new breed from Müller-Thurgau x Silvaner (as confirmed by DNA analyses published in 2012). The crossing took place in 1927 in Germany by Georg Scheu at the Alzey grape breeding institute in Rhineland-Palatinate. The name derives from the two German chancellors Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) for "ripeness" and Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977) for "fullness". The early ripening vine is susceptible to both types of mildew, but resistant to Botrytis. It produces full-bodied, aromatic white wines with aging potential, which are often made sweet. In 2018, it occupied 25 hectares of vineyard area in Germany.

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