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Auxerrois: Also known as Malbec or Cot, Auxerrois creates a neutral wine, fruity and soft. It is mainly grown in Luxembourg and Canada. In Alsace it is ofted blended with the Pinot Blanc grape.
AUXERROIS BLANC
A white-wine grape grown in the Moselle and Alsace regions of northeast France. Used to produce mildly acidic, honeyed wines for blending with Pinot Blanc in better vintage years.
AUXERROIS GRIS
See Pinot Gris.
AUXERROIS:
French local name for the Malbec, aka Cot red wine grape species grown in the Cahors region of France and also, confusingly, ...
Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Cõt in the Loire and or Pressac in other places, the grape became less popular in Bordeaux after 1956 when frost killed off 75% of the crop.
Hengst (Wintzenheim, 75.78 ha) Some growers, such as JosMeyer, persist with varieties ineligible for Grand Cru status, such as Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois and Chasselas, on this site.
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It's called Cõt in Cahors, where it's the most widely planted grape, or Auxerrois in other regions of France.
In Alsace are also cultivated other white berried grapes - not belonging to the family of noble grapes but however interesting - such as Silvaner - here known as Sylvaner - Pinot Blanc, Chasselas, Klevner and Auxerrois.
It is known in much of France as Cõt, and, in Cahors, also as Auxerrois. There are in fact hundreds of local synonyms, since Malbec at one time was widely planted all over the country.
Semi-classic grape grown in the Bordeaux region of France and in other areas under the names Médoc Noir, Cõt or Pressac, while in the Alsace it has the local name Auxerrois. Also grown in the cooler regions of California.
Also known as, Noir de Pressac, Pressac, Auxerrois, Cahors, Pied Rouge, Jacobain, Grifforin.
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Waikato Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Dark coloured, tangy reds with a hint of boysenberry fruity.
In the Alsace region of France this name is sometimes used for the white wine grape Pinot Blanc. It can also be used for a wine that is a blend of Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois.
None in Australia. In France, although usually known as Cõt, it may also be known as Noir de Pressac, Gourdoux, Estrangey, Cõte-Rouge, Pied de Perdrix, Malbec (Gironde) or Auxerrois (Cahors, also in South-Western France).
History ...
A little rough and hard character stops some, often present in young red wines rich in tanin and needing to swell.
AUSTERE
It is still said of a wine without bouquet.
AUXERROIS ...
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