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Crouchen

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Crouchen is also known under the synonyms Basque, Cape Riesling, Cheri Cerratia, Clare Riesling, Cougnet, Crochenta, Crouchen Blanc, Cruchen, Cruchen Blanc, Cruchenta, Cruchenton Blanc, Grand Blanc, Hondarribi Zuri, Kaapse Riesling, Messanges Blanc, Navarre Blanc, Paarl Riesling, Riesling, Riesling
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In the early 1990s, there were over 1,000 acres (420 hectares) of Crouchen growing throughout Australia but its numbers have been steadily declining over the past few decades. Here is it is primarily used as a blending variety to enhance the
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It is still widely grown in South Africa, accounting for almost 3% of all of South Africa's vineyards, with more than 7,900 acres (3,200 ha) planted mostly in the
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before eventually being considered by the Australians to be a new variety known as Clare Riesling. In 1976
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regions. Here the variety is known as Cape Riesling but is often simply called Riesling as opposed to the
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but is now virtually extinct in France due to its high susceptibility to fungal diseases like
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laws has encouraged wineries to move away from these synonyms but their use still persists.
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grape Riesling that is known in South Africa as Weisser or White Riesling. Wine expert
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positively identified the vines growing in Australia as the French variety Crouchen.
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Vert, S. A. Riesling, Sable Blanc, Sales Blanc, Trouchet Blanc, and Zurizerratia.
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notes that some the best examples of Crouchen can be "fairly steely".
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Records indicate that Crouchen was first shipped from France to the
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notes that some examples of Cape Riesling do have the potential to
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in 1850. From there the grape became misidentified as both
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Index

Cougnet
Grape
Vitis vinifera
list of synonyms
France
Notable regions
Australia
South Africa
VIVC
3264
South African
Australian wine
grape variety
Pyrenees
France
powdery
downy mildew
international variety
Riesling
European Union
wine labelling

Clare Valley
South Australia
Semillon
Riesling
ampelographer
Paul Truel

aromas

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