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Clairette blanche (French pronunciation: [klɛʁɛt blɑ̃ʃ]) is a white wine grape variety most widely grown in the wine regions of Provence, Rhône and Languedoc in France. At the end of the 1990s, there were 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of Clairette blanche grown in France, although volumes are decreasing. [1]
A glass of Clairet. Clairet (French:) is a wine that is dark pink in style and may be described as a full-bodied and deep-coloured type of rosé.It is considered a specialty of the Bordeaux region and is thought to have originated in Quinsac in Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux. [1]
Claret, English silver bottle ticket, by Sandylands Drinkwater. Claret (/ ˈ k l ær ɪ t / KLARR-it) is a name primarily used in British English for red Bordeaux wine. Claret derives from the French clairet, now a rare dark rosé, which was the most common wine exported from Bordeaux until the 18th century. [29]
Clairette de Die (French pronunciation: [klɛʁɛt də di]) AOC is a natural sparkling white wine from the Rhône Valley region in France.It is made from the Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (75% minimum) and Clairette (25% maximum) grape varieties. [1]
Malbec (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a purple grape variety used in making red wine.The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine.
Claret is a representation of the average color of bordeaux wine. Another name for this color is thus bordeaux. [3] Bordeaux however is more widely used as a color name in European languages other than English, where claret has had longer history. Bordeaux wine. The first recorded use of claret as a color name in English was in 1547. [4]
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Wine regions of France. The following is a list of French wines that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently over 300 appellations acknowledged by the INAO.