Beaunoir

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The red wine variety Beaunoir is an autochthonous grape variety of the Aube department and some districts around Châtillon-sur-Seine in the Côte-d'Or department in France .

The rather early ripening variety (it can be harvested around 10 days after the Gutedel ) produces poor quality red wines with a low alcohol content and a light color. It is therefore hardly ever in use.

origin

Based on genetic studies of 352 grape varieties in 1998, it turned out that the varieties Aligoté , Aubin Vert , Auxerrois , Bachet Noir , Chardonnay , Dameron , Franc Noir de la Haute Saône , Gamay Blanc Gloriod , Gamay , Knipperlé , Melon de Bourgogne , Peurion , Romorantin , Roublot and Sacy like the Beaunoir all emerged from spontaneous crossings between Pinot and Gouais Blanc. Since the genetic differences between Pinot Blanc , Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are extremely small, an exact specification of the Pinot type is not yet available.

The success of this spontaneous crossing is explained by the fact that the two parent strains are genetically completely different. While the varieties of the Pinot family presumably come from Burgundy, the Gouais Blanc was brought to France by the Romans. In the vineyards of Burgundy and southern Champagne, both varieties were mixed together for several centuries .

Lineage: Pinot x Gouais Blanc

Synonyms

Beaunoir is also known by the synonyms Beaunoire, Cep Gris, Ço gris, Mourillon, Pinot d'Ai, Pinot d'Orléans aux Riceys, Seau Gris and Sogris.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A SINGLE PAIR OF PARENTS PROPOSED FOR A GROUP OF GRAPEVINE VARIETIES IN NORTHEASTERN FRANCE ( Memento from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) A SINGLE PAIR OF PARENTS PROPOSED FOR A GROUP OF GRAPEVINE VARIETIES IN NORTHEASTERN FRANCE, by JE Bowers, R. Siret and CP Meredith and by P. This and J.-M. Boursiquot

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