Franc Noir de la Haute-Saône is a traditional
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variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of
Chardonnay
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. It makes thin, tart wine and has largely disappeared from cultivation.
History
DNA fingerprinting
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has shown that it is one of many grapes to be the result of a cross between
Gouais blanc
Gouais blanc () or Weißer Heunisch () is a white grape variety that is seldom grown today but is important as the ancestor of many traditional French and German grape varieties. The name ''Gouais'' derives from the old French adjective ‘ ...
(Heunisch) and
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, making it a full sibling of famous varieties such as Chardonnay and
Aligoté
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. Gouais blanc was widely grown by the French peasantry in the Medieval ages.
Other Gouais blanc/Pinot crosses include
Aubin vert
Aubin vert is a white French wine grape variety that is grown in the Lorraine region where it is an authorized variety for the ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wines of the Moselle. While often confused for the Côtes de Toul grape Aubin ...
,
Auxerrois,
Bachet noir
Bachet noir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. A little is still grown in the Aube, where it is used to add colour and body to Gamay wines.
History
DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of m ...
,
Beaunoir
Beaunoir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. The 'beautiful black' grape produces a thin wine and not much is grown these days.
History
DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of many grapes to ...
,
Gamay Blanc Gloriod
Gamay Blanc Gloriod is an obscure French variety of white wine grape. Very little of it is grown commercially.
It is named after Émile Gloriod, who discovered it as a seedling; it was originally thought to be a white version of the Gamay grape ...
,
Gamay noir
Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours. Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. It is a very old cultivar, mentioned as long ago as the 15th centu ...
,
Melon
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,
Knipperlé
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,
Peurion
Peurion is a traditional French variety of white wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Once quite popular, not much is still grown in France these days.
History
Peurion was popularized by the Augustinian monks at Langres north of Dijon ...
,
Romorantin
Romorantin is a traditional French variety of white wine grape, that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Once quite widely grown in the Loire, it has now only seen in the Cour-Cheverny AOC. It produces intense, minerally wines somewhat reminiscent of ...
,
Roublot
Roublot is a traditional French variety of white wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. It was once quite widely grown near Auxerre.
History
In the early 19th century, Roublot made up a third of the area in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux in the wes ...
, and
Sacy
Viticulture
Franc Noir de la Haute-Saône is a vigorous vine, producing small compact bunches of grapes.
Wine regions
As the name suggests, Franc Noir de la Haute-Saône is grown in the area north of Burgundy, but like
Bachet noir
Bachet noir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. A little is still grown in the Aube, where it is used to add colour and body to Gamay wines.
History
DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of m ...
and
Beaunoir
Beaunoir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. The 'beautiful black' grape produces a thin wine and not much is grown these days.
History
DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of many grapes to ...
, it is dying out.
Synonyms
Franc Noir De Cendrecourt, Franc Noir De Gy, Franc Noir De Jussey, Franc Noir De Venere, Gougenot, Gougenot Saône, Plant Jacquot
References
External links
VIVC Bibliography
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Grape varieties of France