Folle Blanche was the traditional grape variety of the Cognac and Armagnac regions of France. For the Tokyo University supercomputer see Gravity Pipe. GRAPE, or GRA phics P rogramming E nvironment is Cognac is a commune in the French département of Charente, of which it is a sub-prefecture. This article is about the county in France For other uses see Armagnac. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It is also known as Picpoule (with various variations of spelling (Piquepoul, Picpoul), although it is in fact unrelated to the Picpoul of the Languedoc) as well as Gros Plant and Enrageat blanc. Languedoc ( in French Lengadòc in Occitan) is a former Province of France, now continued in the modern-day ''régions'' of Languedoc-Roussillon
It has been mostly replaced by its hybrid offspring Baco blanc due to phylloxera damage. In Biology, hybrid has two meanings The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Baco 22A or Baco blanc is a French-American hybrid Grape variety This article is about the grape phylloxera For the Genus, see Phylloxera (genus. Baco blanc (also known as Baco 22 A) is a cross of Folle Blanche and the Labrusca riparia X Vitis labrusca hybrid Noah. Vitis labrusca ( Fox grape) is a Species of Grape native to the eastern United States. The Noah grape is a Cultivar derived from the Grape species Vitis labrusca or 'fox grape' which is used for table juice and Wine Folle Blanche is also the parent of the very hardy and disease-resistant Baco 1 (or Baco noir), a cross of Folle Blanche and a Vitis riparia variety. Baco noir (pronounced BA-koh NWAHR Baco noir is also called Baco 1) is a hybrid red Wine Grape variety produced from a cross of Vitis Baco noir and Baco 22 A, like Folle Blanche and their other parents, produce a very acid wine. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice This makes them more suited to distillation than less acidic grapes. Distillation is a method of separating Mixtures based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture
Folle Blanche is used for table wine in the Loire Valley in the area around Nantes, where it produces a very dry and often tartly acidic wine that pairs well with shellfish. Approximately 3,000 Ha are planted with the variety in the Loire Valley. [1] There it is used both in the production of table wine as well as eau de vie.
- ^ Loire Valley Hectares by Cepages http://www.educvin.com/pages/regions_viticoles/vallee_loire.htm