Clairette
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Clairette or Claretta di Nizza is probably of French origin and is used in Tuscan and Sardinian white blends ...
Clairette Blanc is a white wine grape variety most widely grown in Provence and the Rhõne, France.
It is often used to make vermouth, to which it is suited as it produces wine high in alcohol and low in acidity.
Clairette is used for some "muscats" and for sparkling wines such as the famous Clairette de Die in the Drome. It happens to be associated to other varieties in the white wines of Provence and, even in the red wine of Châteauneuf du Pape.
CLAIRETTE
A minor red-wine grape grown in the south of France. Blended with the Muscat grape to create a sparkling red.
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Having a fresh balance of aroma, appearance and flavor.
Clairette, white grape that is widely cultivated in southern France. Clairette is one of the white varieties allowed in the production of red Châteauneuf du Pape wines.
Clairette de Bellegarde / Dry Jurançon / Bourgogne Aligoté
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Champagne / Chablis Grand Cru / Australian or Californian Chardonnay ...
CLAIRETTE:
Minor grape grown in the south of France and used with the Muscat grape to create a sparkling red wine blend.
Also known as, Clairette Rousse, Roussaou, Clairette a Grans Ronds, Clairette Doree.
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Jaillance Clairette de Die "Cuvee Imperiale" ($15.99)
It's French, but not Champagne - it's sparkling wine from the Drome Valley in Provence, made from Clairette and Muscat grapes.
Finally, Clairette du Languedoc is an unusual but well established appellation, where only the white Clairette, a sensitive grape which requires careful handling and protection from oxidation, is permitted.
The commercial development of Languedoc-Roussillon began since the seventeenth century and in particular with the export of wine to the Netherlands, including the picardan, a sweet wine produced with Clairette and Picpoul grapes, and, in later times, ...
The wine produced from Muscat de Frontignan grapes is often blended with other varieties and will vary in style from a sparkling white wine with a fruity musky palate as in the Clairette de Die of South-Eastern France through a dry still white wine ...
CLAIRETTE
White Type of vine of the Mediterranean vineyard giving of the rather fine wines.
CLARET
Name given by the English to the red wine of Bordeaux.
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 See also: Wine, Clairet, Grape, White, Blanc
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