Couderc Georges

The French scholar Georges Couderc (1850-1928) came from a noble family and studied geology, mineralogy and palaeontology at the École des Mines in Paris, as well as medicine in Montpellier (the spelling "Coudrec" often appears in sources). From the mid-1870s, he worked on plant protection against insects on the Champfleuri family estate in the Département of Ardèche (south-east France). At this time, the phylloxera catastrophe was at its peak in France and this insect was already known to be the cause.

Couderc Georges - Porträt, Muscat du Moulin und Couderc Noir

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Georges Couderc specialised in the breeding of phylloxera-resistant rootstocks and created several hundred hybrids. He mainly used the American species Vitis riparia and Vitis rupestris, as well as Vitis berlandieri, Vitis labrusca and Vitis lincecumii, some of which he crossed with European Vitis vinifera varieties such as Bourrisquou. His most successful rootstocks are 1613 C, 161-49 C, 1616 C and 3309 C, some of which are still used today. The wine grapes he created include Couderc 13, Couderc Noir, Muscat du Moulin, Oiseau Bleu (Couderc 503), Oiseau Rouge (Couderc 4401), Panaché Blanc and Pineau Couderc.

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