Jurançon Blanc

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The white wine variety Jurançon Blanc is an autochthonous grape variety of the Sud-Ouest wine-growing region in southwest France. This variety, which is rare today, is still used in the Armagnac and Cognac growing areas to produce base wines for distilling the brandy . At the end of the 1980s, only 137 hectares of planted vineyards were known after 5,763 hectares were raised in 1958.

The variety produces acidic , low-alcohol and fairly neutral wines .

Despite the similar name, the variety is not related to Jurançon Noir , nor is it used in the wines called Jurançon .

See also the article Viticulture in France and the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms

The Jurançon Blanc grape variety is also known under the names Brachetto Bianco (but not to be confused with Brachetto ), Braquet (not related to Brachet ), Braquet Blanc, Dame Blanc (not to be confused with Blanc Dame ), Dame Blanche, Jurancon , Notre Dame, Plant de dame blanc, Plant debout, Plant dressé, Quellat, Quillard, Quillat, Sans-Pareil and Secal.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. It is woolly hairy with a slightly reddish tinge. The young leaves are densely hairy on the underside and the leaf surface is already blistered.
  • The leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented. The stalk bay is closed or even overlapped like a lyre. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are medium in size. The leaf surface (also called blade) is blistered and rough.
  • The conical to cylindrical grape is medium-sized, shouldered and with dense berries. The round berries are small and yellow-white in color.

The variety is very sensitive to downy mildew and raw rot . It is less sensitive to powdery mildew . Furthermore, it has almost no tendency to trickle .

The Jurançon Blanc ripens almost 20 days after the Gutedel .

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