🍇 Poulsard
Dark-skinned wine grape from France; 50 synonyms in VIVC.
Poulsard is a dark-skinned wine grape from France. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Poulsard Noir, and the name Poulsard is among its synonyms.
VIVC gives no parents for it.
According to VIVC, it covered 311 ha in France (2009). Samples of the variety are kept in 8 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 50 synonyms for it, among them Belosard, Blauer Blussard and Blussard, 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
🍇 Poulsard → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- What is made from it
- 🥃 Marc du Jura
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ French wine
- Where it grows
- 📜 Jura (Swiss canton), 📍 Jura
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Macvin du Jura, 🍷 Rosé
- Main grape in
- 📜 Arbois, 📜 Crémant du Jura, 📜 Côtes du Jura
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Bastardo
Frequently asked questions
Where does Poulsard come from?
According to VIVC, from France.
What are the parents of Poulsard?
VIVC gives no parents for it.
Under what other names is Poulsard known?
VIVC lists 50 synonyms for it, among them Belosard, Blauer Blussard and Blussard, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🍷 Macvin du Jura — A drink from the Jura: grape juice blended with local grape brandy.
- 🗺️ French wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📜 Arbois — The main Jura appellation around the town of Arbois, where the famous yellow wine is also made.
- 🥃 Marc du Jura — Grape marc spirit from Jura wines with a protected EU name: Savagnin mandatory, at least 24 months in wood, from 40% ABV.
- 🍇 Bastardo — A red grape, called Trousseau in France; 1,100 ha in Portugal (2007); it gives tannic Arbois wines and is listed among the grapes of Madeira.
Similar
🍇 Savagnin · 🍇 Bastardo · 🍇 Trousseau Gris · 🍇 Béclan · 🍇 Braquet · 🍇 Enfariné Noir
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Poulsard Noir
- VIVC: area statistics POULSARD NOIR
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata