Piquepoul noir

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Piquepoul noir is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Rhone Valley and Languedoc. It is a permitted blending grape for Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Along with Cinsaut and Clairette it is one of the oldest domestic grape varieties in the region. Like the related Piquepoul gris and Piquepoul blanc (also permitted in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC) the vine tends to bud late and has some sensitivity to oidium. The grape is also known as Picpoul. [1]

The grape has no known relations to the similar name Picpoul that is an alternative name for Folle Blanche.

[edit] References

  1. ^ J. Robinson Vines, Grapes & Wines pg 202 Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1-85732-999-6
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