🍇 Négrette
Dark-skinned wine grape from France; 43 synonyms in VIVC.
Négrette is a dark-skinned wine grape from France.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 1,493 ha in France (2006). Samples of the variety are kept in 13 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 43 synonyms for it, among them Albarin Frances, Bourgogne and Cahors, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Négrette → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ French wine
- Where it grows
- 📜 Fronton, 📍 South West France, 📍 Haut-Pays
- Main grape in
- 📜 Fronton
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Rosé
Frequently asked questions
Where does Négrette come from?
According to VIVC, from France.
What are the parents of Négrette?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Négrette known?
VIVC lists 43 synonyms for it, among them Albarin Frances, Bourgogne and Cahors, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ French wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📜 Fronton — Wines north of Toulouse, mainly from the local Négrette grape.
- 📍 South West France — The land between the Massif Central, the Pyrenees and the Atlantic; IGP Comté Tolosan across 12 departments, Cahors, Madiran and Jurançon.
- 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
- 📍 Haut-Pays — Inland zones including Cahors, Gaillac and Fronton.
Similar
🍇 Manseng Noir · 🍇 Arrouya · 🍇 Canari Noir · 🍇 Claverie · 🍇 Braquet · 🍇 Jurançon
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Negrette
- VIVC: area statistics NEGRETTE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata