Picardan

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}

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{{Infobox grape variety

| name = Picardan

| color = Blanc

| image = Picardan.jpg

| caption = Picardan in Viala & Vermorel

| species = Vitis vinifera

| also_called = Araignan, Oeillade blanche, Picardan blanc

| origin = France

| hazards =

| regions = Southern Rhône

| notable_wines = Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC

}}

Picardan or Picardan blanc is a white wine grape which is one of 13 permitted blending grapes within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC in Rhône wine region in France, although very little planted.{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=Third |title=Châteauneuf-du-Pape |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/160 160] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/160 }}{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=Third |title=Picardan |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/524 524] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/524 }} The Vitis International Variety Catalogue previously listed Oeillade blanche as the primary name of the variety,[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=8703 Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Oeillade blanche], accessed on May 5, 2008 but now identifies Araignan as the primary name.[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=527 Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Araginan], accessed on June 7, 2010 However, since the variety is practically unknown for any other use than the Châteauneuf-du-Pape blend, it most commonly goes under the name used for it in that appellation.

Picardan gives a wine which considered to be light and rather neutral in character.

Wine

Picardan is also the name of a historical white wine from Languedoc, usually sweetish in character, traded in the late 17th and 18th centuries. It is supposed to have been produced from the varieties Clairette blanche and Piquepoul blanc.[http://www.wein-plus.eu/en/Picardan_3.0.2927.html Wein-Plus Glossar: Picardan] accessed on January 24, 2013

Synonyms and relationship to other grapes

Synonyms include: Aragnan, Aragnan blanc, Araignan, Araignan blanc, Gallet, Gallet blanc, Grosse Clairette, Milhaud blanc, Oeillade blanche, Papadoux, Picardan, Picardan blanc, Piquardan, Piquardant.

Picardan (but not Picardan blanc) is also a synonym for the white grape variety Bourboulenc,[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=1612 Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Bourboulenc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405172749/http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=1612 |date=2012-04-05 }}, accessed on May 5, 2008 which is also found in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the dark-skinned variety Bouchales.[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=1596 Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Bouchales] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405172803/http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=1596 |date=2012-04-05 }}, accessed on May 5, 2008 Picardan noir is a synonym for Cinsaut[http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResult.php?data=2672 Vitis International Variety Catalogue: Cinsaut], accessed on May 5, 2008 and Bouchales.

Despite the synonym Oeillade blanche, Picardan is not a color mutation of the Languedoc and Provence wine grape Oeillade noire.J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours pg 743, Allen Lane 2012 {{ISBN|978-1-846-14446-2}}

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