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Picardan
Grape (Vitis)
Picardan in Viala & Vermorel
Color of berry skinBlanc
SpeciesVitis vinifera
Also calledAraignan, Oeillade blanche, Picardan blanc
OriginFrance
Notable regionsSouthern Rhône
Notable winesChâteauneuf-du-Pape AOC
VIVC number527

Picardan or Picardan blanc is a white wine grape which is one of 13 permitted blending grapes within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC in Rhône wine region in France, although very little planted. The Vitis International Variety Catalogue previously listed Oeillade blanche as the primary name of the variety, but now identifies Araignan as the primary name. However, since the variety is practically unknown for any other use than the Châteauneuf-du-Pape blend, it most commonly goes under the name used for it in that appellation.

Picardan gives a wine which considered to be light and rather neutral in character.

Wine

Picardan is also the name of a historical white wine from Languedoc, usually sweetish in character, traded in the late 17th and 18th centuries. It is supposed to have been produced from the varieties Clairette blanche and Piquepoul blanc.

Synonyms and relationship to other grapes

Synonyms include: Aragnan, Aragnan blanc, Araignan, Araignan blanc, Gallet, Gallet blanc, Grosse Clairette, Milhaud blanc, Oeillade blanche, Papadoux, Picardan, Picardan blanc, Piquardan, Piquardant.

Picardan (but not Picardan blanc) is also a synonym for the white grape variety Bourboulenc, which is also found in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the dark-skinned variety Bouchales. Picardan noir is a synonym for Cinsaut and Bouchales.

Despite the synonym Oeillade blanche, Picardan is not a color mutation of the Languedoc and Provence wine grape Oeillade noire.

References

  1. ^ Jancis Robinson, ed. (2006). "Châteauneuf-du-Pape". Oxford Companion to Wine (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 160. ISBN 0-19-860990-6.
  2. ^ Jancis Robinson, ed. (2006). "Picardan". Oxford Companion to Wine (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 524. ISBN 0-19-860990-6.
  3. ^ Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Oeillade blanche, accessed on May 5, 2008
  4. Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Araginan, accessed on June 7, 2010
  5. Wein-Plus Glossar: Picardan accessed on January 24, 2013
  6. Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Bourboulenc Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed on May 5, 2008
  7. Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Bouchales Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed on May 5, 2008
  8. Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Cinsaut, accessed on May 5, 2008
  9. J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours pg 743, Allen Lane 2012 ISBN 978-1-846-14446-2
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