Mondeuse blanche

Mondeuse blanche (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃døz blɑ̃ʃ] ⓘ) is a variety of white grape almost exclusively found in and around the Savoy (Savoie) wine region in France.

[1] With just 5 hectares (12 acres) of plantations in 1999, it leads a dwindling existence and is used primarily in the VDQS wine Bugey and the AOC Vin de Savoie.

However, more recent, long-read sequencing of the Syrah/Shiraz genome suggests that this relationship may be more complex than parent-offspring (Onetto et al. 2022).

In the 20th century, ampelographers Louis Levadoux and (decades later) Linda Bisson categorized Mondeuse blanche as a member of the Peloursin eco-geogroup along with Bia blanc, Béclan, Dureza, Exbrayat, Durif, Jacquère, Joubertin, Peloursin, Servanin and Verdesse.

The phased diploid genome assembly of Vitis vinifera cv.

Some studies suggest that Mondeuse blanche to be a parent of Syrah (pictured is Syrah) .