Petit Bouschet
Languedoc, France
A deeply coloured red bred by Louis Bouschet in the 1820s from Aramon and Teinturier du Cher, and the parent of Alicante Bouschet.
Sensory profile
Characteristics
Flavor & aroma
At a glance
Production facts
Prevalence
Rare
Climate
Warm climate
Ripening
Mid season
Wine styles
Still
Where it's grown
Geography
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France
Background
Origin & History
Petit Bouschet was bred in the 1820s by Louis Bouschet from a cross of Aramon and Teinturier du Cher. It gave dark, red-fleshed grapes with far more colour than Aramon, and wine makers used it to darken pale reds. His son Henri crossed it with Grenache in 1866 to make Alicante Bouschet.
Lineage
Family tree
Ancestry above, descendants below. Click a related grape to explore its own lineage.