Gringet

Gringet
Grape (Vitis)
Gringet's leaf
Color of berry skinBlanc
Notable regionsHaute-Savoie, Savoy
Notable winesAyze (AOC), Vin de Savoie (AOC)

Gringet is an autochthonous white wine grape from Haute-Savoie, France that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. It is mainly used in the Ayze AOC sparkling wine production. The wine grape grown on the hills above the lower Vallee de l'Arve, in the French Alps (Haute-Savoie).

It is unique to the region and there is no link with Savagnin or any Traminer variety.[1]

  1. ^ BERTHOMEAU, JACQUES. "Le Gringet : un quasi-monopole savoyard de Dominique Belluard vigneron d'Ayze - Le blog de JACQUES BERTHOMEAU". Berthomeau.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.