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Petit Meslier Champagne

Origin

North-east of France, Champagne. A natural crossbreed between Gouais blanc × Savagnin.

Also known as

Meslier, Meslier green, Gros Meslier, Meslier d’Orléans, Petit Meslier blanc.

Petit Meslier in Champagne — an ancestral white variety of Champagne, among the rare authorised varieties alongside Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, Arbane and Blanc Vrai, grown in very small quantities on the chalks and clay-limestone of Champagne — is a variety on the verge of extinction, preserved by a few …