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    Clairette

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Clairette is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 2,078 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 179 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in France: 2,001 ha (96% of the world total), across 4 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 39%.2

    VIVC records 81 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    France2
    Area, 2023
    2,078 ha2
    World rank
    179 / 14972

    Area by country

    1. France2,001 ha
    2. Morocco43 ha
    3. Tunisia34 ha
    4. Croatia0.4 ha

    Area, 2023

    3,4212,7662,4202,0782000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Clairette grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance
    3. AreaMorocco
    4. AreaTunisia
    5. AreaCroatia

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Other names

    Clairet · Clairette B · Clairette Blanche · Ag Cleret · Ag Kleret · Blanc Laffite · Blanca Extra · Blanco Extra · Blanket · Blanquette · Blanquette De Limoux · Blanquette Du Midi · Blanquette Velue · Bon Afrara · Brancete

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2695. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3