Pinot Blanc
White, from France · Pinot family
Pinot Blanc is a white-berried mutation of Pinot Noir that makes dry, rounded, apple-and-pear whites across Europe.
Pinot Blanc is a white wine grape that originated in France. Genetically it is not a separate crossing but a somatic mutation of Pinot Noir; the dark-berried parent sometimes produces a cane bearing white fruit.
The largest plantings are in Germany, where it is called Weissburgunder, followed by Italy as Pinot bianco and Austria as Weissburgunder, and in France, above all Alsace, with smaller amounts in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Luxembourg and North America. In Alsace, a wine labelled Pinot Blanc may also include Auxerrois and other Pinot-family whites.
Wines are usually dry and medium-bodied, with gentle flavours of apple, pear, citrus and white flowers; some show a smoky or mineral note. It is made still, sparkling as in Crémant d'Alsace, and can take light oak.
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