Gouet

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Gouet is an old French white grape variety, better known as Gouais Blanc, historically used in Europe and notable as a parent of many classic wine grapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gouet canonical 2
Piquepoul 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grape variety
white wine grape
alsoKnownAs Gouais
Gouais Blanc
Heunisch Weiss
Heunisch Weiss
surface form: Weisser Heunisch
colorOfGrape white
countryOfOrigin France
cultivationStatus rarely cultivated today
geneticRole founder variety in European viticulture
geneticStudies DNA profiling has confirmed its role as a parent of many varieties
historicalReputation low-quality peasant grape
historicalUse peasant wine grape in medieval Europe
wine production in Europe
importanceInBurgundy key ancestor of major Burgundian grapes
modernReputation important genetically despite modest wine quality
notableFor being a parent of many classic wine grapes
parentOf Aligoté
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
Gamay
Melon de Bourgogne
Riesling
surface form: Riesling (through related Heunisch family crosses)

Sacy
regionHistoricallyGrownIn Austria
Central Europe
France
Germany
relationshipToAligoté parent
relationshipToAuxerrois parent
relationshipToChardonnay parent
relationshipToGamay parent
relationshipToMelonDeBourgogne parent
relationshipToSacy parent
species Vitis vinifera
statusInModernViticulture mostly of historical and genetic interest
taxonRank cultivar
timePeriodOfMajorUse Middle Ages
early modern period
typicalAcidity high
typicalYield high-yielding vine
viticulturalUse cross-breeding parent in traditional vineyards
wineStyleAssociation high acidity wines
light-bodied wines

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gouais Blanc alsoKnownAs Gouet
Languedoc AOC grapeVarietyAllowed Gouet
this entity surface form: Piquepoul