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Encyclopedia > Folle Blanche

Folle Blanche was the traditional grape variety of the Cognac and Armagnac regions of France. It is also known as Picpoule (with various variations of spelling) as well as Gros Plant and Enrageat blanc.


It has been mostly replaced by its hybrid offspring Baco blanc. Baco blanc (also known as Baco 22 A) is a cross of Folle Blanche and the Labrusca riparia X Vitis labrusca hybrid Noah. Folle Blanche is also the parent of the very hardy and disease-resistant Baco 1 (or Baco noir), a cross of Folle Blanche and a Vitis riparia variety. Baco noir and Baco 22 A, like Folle Blanche and their other parents, produce a very acid wine. This makes them more suited to distillation than less acidic grapes.


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International Recipes: Food and Wine Dictionary: Folle Blanche (207 words)
Folle Blanche was once widely planted in France where it was a principal variety in the production of BRANDY
Folle Blanche is also known as Camobraque and Picpoule (which translates into "lip-stinger," apparently in reference to its mouth-puckering acidity).
Folle Blanche is unrelated to the Piquepoul (or Picpoule) grown in the CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
Folle Blanche - Definition, explanation (153 words)
Folle Blanche was the traditional grape variety of the Cognac and Armagnac regions of France.
Baco blanc (also known as Baco 22 A) is a cross of Folle Blanche and the Labrusca riparia X Vitis labrusca hybrid Noah.
Folle Blanche is also the parent of the very hardy and disease-resistant Baco 1 (or Baco noir), a cross of Folle Blanche and a Vitis riparia variety.
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