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Mondeuse blanche

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Color of berry skin
  
Blanc

Also called
  
see list of synonyms

Origin
  
France, Haute-Savoie

Wine color
  
White wine

Rank
  
Cultivar

Species
  
Vitis vinifera

Notable regions
  
Savoy wine region

Sweetness of resulting wine
  
Dry

Higher classification
  
Common Grape Vine

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Similar
  
Dureza, Shiraz, Mondeuse noire, Common Grape Vine, Jacquère

Mondeuse blanche is a variety of white grape almost exclusively found in and around the Savoy (Savoie) wine region in France. With just 5 hectares (12 acres) of plantations in 1999, it leads a dwindling existence and is used primarily in the VDQS wine Bugey and the AOC Vin de Savoie.

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DNA typing has established that Mondeuse blanche is the mother of the Syrah grape, with Dureza being the father.

Despite their similarity in names, Mondeuse blanche is not closely related to Mondeuse noire, or Mondeuse gris.

Grapes just called Mondeuse are usually Mondeuse noire rather than Mondeuse blanche.

In the 20th century, ampelographers Louis Levadoux and (decades later) Linda Bisson categorized Mondeuse blanche as a member of the Pelorsien eco-geogroup along with Bia blanc, Béclan, Dureza, Exbrayat, Durif, Jacquère, Joubertin, Peloursin, Servanin and Verdesse.

Synonyms

Synonyms include Aigre blanc, Blanc Aigre, Blanche, Blanchette, Couilleri, Dongine, Donjin, Jongin, Jonvin, Molette, Persagne, Savouette.

References

Mondeuse blanche Wikipedia