The trained French mining engineer Jean François Ravat (+1940) began in 1929 near the Burgundian town of Marcigny with the new breeding of grapevines. By 1935, he created numerous French hybrids of the second generation through crossbreeding of European- with American vines. He mostly used Seibel hybrids as crossing partners. His breeding goal was Burgundy-like wines through the preferred use of the varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. His most famous new breeds are the varieties Ravat 34, Ravat Blanc (Ravat 6), Ravat Noir (Ravat 262), Tissier Ravat (Ravat 578), and Vignoles (Ravat 51).
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