In official statistics, the plantings of two "light-berried" Terret grapes (Blanc and Gris) are often counted together. The varieties reached their peak in French wine productions in the late 1980s when together the Terret varieties were the ninth most widely planted white grape variety. In the Languedoc, plantings of Terret were equal to that of Chardonnay.[1]
Wine regions and plantings
Terret blanc is a permitted grape variety in several Languedoc AOCs including:[2]
As of 2000, the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) reported that there was 3000 hectares of the light skinned Terrets, of which approximately 2,600 ha (6,400 acres) were believed to be the Terret blanc variety in particular.[3]
Synonyms
Known synonyms of Terret blanc include Bourret blanc, Tarret blanc and Terret monstre.[4]
References
^ abcJ. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes pg 184 Oxford University Press 1996 ISBN0-19-860098-4
^P. Saunders Wine Label Language pp. 56-60 Firefly Books 2004 ISBN1-55297-720-X
^J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 693 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN0-19-860990-6