The red grape variety originates from France; synonyms are Pinot Liébaut and Plant Liébault.
According to the ampelographer Pierre Galet (1921-2019), it was discovered in 1810 by the eponymous A. Liébault in Gevrey in Burgundy and selected by Eugène Liébault (descendants are now owned by Domaine Tortochot in Gevrey-Chambertin).
According to the entry in the VIVC catalogue,there is an independent variety of this name with unknownparentage. However, Pinot Liébault is also a synonym for Pinot Noir .It could be a clonal mutantclone of Pinot Noir .The DNA profileDNA is identical, but there are small morphologicalmorphology Unterschiede.
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