Wines made from Bourboulenc grapes
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More informations about the variety Bourboulenc
Bourboulenc is mainly grown in the southern part of France. It is a white grape variety that ripens quite late. It can only be harvested around 25 September and for an average of only one month. Bourboulenc is particularly fond of low-lying, but at the same time warm and dry locations. The aroma of this grape variety is not very pronounced, but it has a certain exotic fruit and floral aroma such as broom. The result is a low alcohol wine with subtle and fleeting aromas. Blanquette, bourboulanc, bourboulenque, doucillon, clairette dorée and clairette blanche are all names that can designate bourboulenc. This grape variety is very sensitive to diseases common to all vine plants such as magnesium deficiency, mildew and oidium. Bourboulenc can be used as a table grape. Most French people keep the bunches until Christmas in order to present them on the festive table as desserts.
What are the typical flavors of the Bourboulenc grape variety?
- EarthPresent in 90% of Bourboulenc
- Tree fruitPresent in 88% of Bourboulenc
- OakPresent in 80% of Bourboulenc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 72% of Bourboulenc
- MicrobioPresent in 69% of Bourboulenc
- SpicesPresent in 67% of Bourboulenc
- Non oakPresent in 67% of Bourboulenc
- MineralityPresent in 60% of Bourboulenc
- PeachPresent in 57% of Bourboulenc
- CitrusPresent in 56% of Bourboulenc
- VegetalPresent in 52% of Bourboulenc
- HoneyPresent in 50% of Bourboulenc
- Red fruitPresent in 48% of Bourboulenc
- Tropical fruitPresent in 45% of Bourboulenc
- Black fruitPresent in 44% of Bourboulenc
- OakyPresent in 43% of Bourboulenc
- PearPresent in 43% of Bourboulenc
- ApplesPresent in 42% of Bourboulenc
- FloralPresent in 42% of Bourboulenc
- ApricotPresent in 41% of Bourboulenc
News about the grape variety Bourboulenc
Gigondas to produce white wines
At a national committee meeting held on Thursday 8th September, members of the Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) voted unanimously to ratify the change to the appellation guidelines to allow white wines into AP Gigondas. A working group of growers and négociants has been pursuing the amendment for 11 years. The amendment states that white Gigondas must contain a minimum 70% Clairette. Other permitted varieties include Bourboulenc, Clairette Rose, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blan ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’
How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...
Burgundy 2021 en primeur release volumes under pressure
Tight allocations are not new to Burgundy, but 2021-vintage en primeur release volumes may be even smaller than usual in some cases. Severe frost and mildew challenges during the growing season hit yields, even if some excellent Burgundy 2021 wines have still been produced and not every area was affected equally. ‘The quantities are particularly under pressure in the Côte de Beaune, and particularly for the Chardonnay,’ said Guy Seddon, head of fine wine buying at merchant Corney & Barrow. ‘ ...