| Bachet Noir | |
|---|---|
| Species: | Vitis vinifera |
| Also called: | François Noir (more) |
| Origin: | France |
| Notable regions: | Aube |
Bachet Noir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Vitis vinifera ( Common Grape Vine) is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant Growing regions where Vineyards are planted French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, on over 800000 Hectares (over 2 million Acres of Vineyards and in a typical Chardonnay is a green-skinned Grape variety used to make white Wine. A little is still grown in the Aube, where it is used to add colour and body to Gamay wines. Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. Gamay is a purple-colored Grape variety used to make Red wines most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours
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DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of many grapes to be the result of a cross between Gouais Blanc (Heunisch) and Pinot noir, making it a sibling of famous varieties such as Chardonnay and Aligoté. Gouais blanc is a white grape variety that is seldom grown but is important as the ancestor of many French and German wine varieties Pinot noir ('pino nwar is a red Wine Grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. Aligoté is a white Grape used to make dry white Wines in the Burgundy region of France, and which also has significant plantings in much Gouais Blanc is a Croatian grape brought to Burgundy by the Romans. It used to be the most widely planted white grape in Germany and eastern France, grown by the peasants in the less favoured sites next to the better vineyards growing Pinot for their masters. This offered lots of opportunities for hybridisation, and the offspring benefited from hybrid vigour as the parents were genetically quite different.
The fact that it is now only found in the Aube, and is descended from grapes that have been grown locally for hundreds of years, suggests that it originated to the north of Burgundy.
Tiny amounts of Bachet Noir are grown in the Aube, between Champagne and Chablis. It contributes colour and body to the red wines of this northerly region.
Bachet noir has small, winged bunches of small grapes
Bachet, Bachey, François, François Noir, François Noir De Bar-Sur-Aube, Gris Bachet[1]