This clone of the Weinbauinstitut in Freiburg was the most planted clone in Baden until middle of the ninties. A good quantity and very good wine quality were the main reson for this. The main disadvantage, high susceptibility to Botrytis were the reason for the end of this period. If you are able to minimize the Botrytis problem with measures like bunch dividing or the use of giberellic acid, it is, because of the good wine quality, still a very good option.

This is an older clone of the german Pinot noir clonal breeder Frank. It is still one of his clones with the loosest bunches, but in years with bad weather at flowering time, it has great problems with coulure. In the last years it was nearly completely replaced by the successive clone Frank 105-S.

It is a selection of the older clone Frank 105 which was in the beginning called F 105/54.

Until about 2006 it was nearly a standard clone in the Baden wine growing region and also in Germany. It is, concerning yield and sugar content, quite close to the clone FR 52-86 but with definitely less problems with Botrytis.

This is a selection of the old clone Frank 106. This was a clone with big berries and very dense bunches, so it had big problems with Botrytis. Because of this Frank 106 is no longer planted.  The bunches of this new clone Frank classic are definitely looser then Frank 106. Sometimes it takes a few years unles the clone show this looseness.

This is a selection out of Frank 105. It is quite similar to the clone Frank 105-S. Only in question of yield it seems that Frank Charisma produces a bit less. In the beginning this selection was called F 105/7/3.

This is also a selection out of Frank 105. In our trials it is a bit more loose then F 105-S. Yield seemts to be a bit less. A relatively new selection which was called F 105/7/5. In years with very bad weather at flowering time, there could be a problem with coulure, but we never had quanitities less then 100 kg/ar. We think a selection worthwhile to keep in mind.

This is a typical member of the Mariafeld group. With his very loose bunches and relatively big berries it is quite resistant against Botrytis.

This clone is quite similar to FR 12 L. Procutivity is even a bit higher and acidity a bit lower (0.5 - 1 g/l).

This is the Mariafeld type clone of the LVWO Weinsberg.

This is an old clone from burgundy, who always brought good wines. Because it is very susceptible to Botrytis it is very rarely planted in Germany.

This is a selection auf auf clone 115. It is a little bit looser than this with also very good wine reviews.

Because of it's very good wine results it is often used for high quality red wines with barrel ageing. The prouctivity is less then most of the standard-clones. 

A new quality clone from France

This is an older small and tight bunched from the Weinbauinstitut Freiburg. His wines were always rated very good, but how all members of this group the problem with Botrytis is also big. Because of this it is only planted very seldom.