Grape Variety

When you buy a wine, 

What make you choose THIS Bottle ? 

because

you know it                                              the price                               the area

               the wine grower's name        the bottle shape                       the label or packaging

                                      THE GRAPPE VARIETY

= CEPAGE

YES the grappe variety can help you !!!

What about the grappe variety ? (or cepage in French)

All the grappe with which we make wine are from species Vitis vinifera, but with the time its evoluated to different varieties.

Stop with the historical part we will give you some grappe varieties per Frenchareas:

Champagne :

- Pinot Menier (red)
- Pinot Noir (red)
- Chardonnay (white)

Bordeaux :

- Cabernet Franc (red)
Saint Emilion
- Cabernet Sauvignon (red)
Medoc and Pessac-Léognan
- Merlot (red)
Pomerol
- Petit Verdot (red)
Grave
- Sémillion (white)
Sauternes ande Barsac
- Sauvignon (white)
Graves and Pessac-Léognan
- Muscadelle (white)

Bourgogne :
They use only 2 grappe varieties one white and one red, it is

"monocepage"
- Pinot Noir (red)

- Chardonnay (white)

Alsace :

In this area the name of the wine depend of the grappe variety and not  the terroir
- Sylvaner (white)
- Pinot Blanc or klevner (white)
- Riesling (white)
- Muscat d'Alsace (white)
- Pinot Gris (red)
- Gewurztraminer (red)
- Pinot Noir (red)

Cahors: 

-Malbec sometime its can be call Côt, Auxerrois or Pressac (red)

What is your favorite Grappe Variety ?