The white grape variety (breeding no. Colmar 2011 G) is a complex intergeneric cross between Villaris x VRH 3159-2-12 (Vinifera x Muscadinia) that was created in 2002. The father population VRH3159-2-12 was bred by the French geneticist Dr Alain Bouquet (1937-2009). It contains genes from Vitis berlandieri, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera, as well as Vitis rotundifolia. The new variety Floreal was also created with the same parents.

The hybrid was created in co-operation between the INRA(Montpellier, France) and the Julius Kühn Institute (Germany) as part of a project launched in 2000 for the development of PIWI varieties.
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