Gamay Blanc Gloriod

Infobox grape variety
name = Gamay Blanc Gloriod


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species = "Vitis vinifera"
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origin = France
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regions = Burgundy
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Gamay Blanc Gloriod is an obscure French variety of white wine grape. Very little of it is grown commercially.

It is named after Émile Gloriod, who discovered it as a seedling; it was originally thought to be a white version of the Gamay grape. "Gamay Blanc" was already used as an alternative name for Chardonnay, which is another white grape that looks like Gamay. It's not surprising that there's a family resemblance - recent DNA analysis has shown that all three are siblings, independent varieties with the same parents.

History

The gardener Émile Gloriod, from Gy in Haute-Saône, discovered Gamay Blanc Gloriod in 1895.

At first it was thought to be a seedling of Gamay, and conventional ampelography linked it to the Melon variety, but DNA fingerprinting showed that along with Chardonnay and Aligoté, it is one of many grapes to be the result of a cross between Gouais Blanc (Heunisch) and Pinot. Gouais Blanc is a Croatian grape, brought to Burgundy by the Romans, which used to be the most widely planted white grape in Germany and eastern France.

Distribution and Wines

Gamay Blanc Gloriod was never more than a curiosity even in its home territory around Burgundy.

Vine and Viticulture

The yield of Gamay Blanc Gloriod is variable; it produces small, cylindrical bunches of small grapes.

ynonyms

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ee also

* Other Gouais Blanc/Pinot crosses include Aubin Vert, Auxerrois, Bachet noir, Beaunoir, Franc Noir de la Haute-Saône, Gamay, Melon, Knipperlé, Peurion, Romorantin, Roublot, and Sacy

Notes and references

Further reading

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* cite book
last = Robinson
first = Jancis
authorlink = Jancis Robinson
title = The Oxford Companion to Wine, third edition
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 2006
location =
pages =
id = 978-0198609902

External links

* [http://www.vivc.bafz.de/datasheet/dataResultBibliog.php?topic=4364 VIVC Bibliography]