Dameron is a traditional
French
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variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of
Gamay. Its wines are somewhat weightier than Gamay, but it is disappearing from its traditional areas in northern France. Not much is grown in France these days.
History
DNA fingerprinting
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has shown that it is one of many grapes to be the result of a cross between
Gouais blanc (Heunisch) and
Pinot, making it a full sibling of famous varieties such as
Chardonnay
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and
Aligoté. Gouais blanc was widely grown by the French peasantry in the Medieval ages. This offered many opportunities for hybridization, and the offspring benefited from hybrid vigor as the parents were genetically quite different.
Other Gouais blanc/Pinot crosses include
Aubin vert
Aubin vert is a white French wine grape variety that is grown in the Lorraine region where it is an authorized variety for the ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wines of the Moselle. While often confused for the Côtes de Toul grape Aubin ...
,
Auxerrois,
Bachet noir
Bachet noir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. A little is still grown in the Aube, where it is used to add colour and body to Gamay wines.
History
DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of m ...
,
Beaunoir
Beaunoir is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of Chardonnay. The 'beautiful black' grape produces a thin wine and not much is grown these days.
History
DNA fingerprinting has shown that it is one of many grapes to ...
,
Franc Noir de la Haute-Saône,
Gamay Blanc Gloriod,
Gamay,
Melon
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,
Knipperlé,
Peurion,
Romorantin,
Roublot, and
Sacy.
Viticulture
Yields are sporadic thanks to its disease susceptibility.
Wine regions
A little is still grown north of
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
and in the
Jura.
Synonyms
Dameret noir, Durbec, Foirard noir, Gros Bec, Luisant noir, Noir De Lorraine, Noir Facan, Noirgot, Pinot Rouge, Simoro, Valais noir, Valdenois, Verdun, Verdunais, Vert noir
References
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External links
VIVC Bibliography
Red wine grape varieties