The white grape variety originates from France. Synonyms are Asprokondura, Blanquette, Blanquette Menue, Bourboulenco, Bourbouleng, Bourboulenque, Bourbounenco, Burbulen, Clairette Dorée à Paulhan, Clairette à Grains Ronds, Clairette Dorée, Doucillon, Grosse Clairette, Malvoisie, Ondenc, Pe Comprido, Picardan, Roussette and Roussette du Vaucluse. It must not be confused with the Clairette, Ondenc, Picardan or Roussette (Roussaou) varieties, despite seemingly suggestive synonyms or morphological similarities. There is no genetic or historical evidence for a Greek ancestry suspected by some ampelographers. According to DNA analyses carried out in 2004, it originates from a...
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