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{{Short description|Variety of grape}}
{{Infobox grape variety
| name          = Beaunoir
| color         = Noir
| image         = Beaunoir - Ampélographie.jpg
| caption       =
| species       = ''[[Vitis vinifera]]''
| also_called   = Pinot D'Orleans ([[#Synonyms|more]])
| origin        = France
| hazards       = <!-- Viticultural hazards     -->
| regions       =
| notable_wines =
}}
'''Beaunoir''' is a traditional [[French wine|French]] variety of red wine grape that is a sibling of [[Chardonnay]]. The 'beautiful black' grape produces a thin wine and not much is grown these days.
==History==
[[DNA fingerprinting]] has shown that it is one of many grapes to be the result of a cross between [[Gouais blanc]] (Heunisch) and [[Pinot (grape)|Pinot]], making it a full sibling of famous varieties such as Chardonnay and [[Aligoté]]. Gouais blanc was widely grown by the French peasantry in the Medieval ages. This offered many opportunities for hybridisation, and the offspring benefited from hybrid vigour as the parents were genetically quite different.
Other Gouais blanc/Pinot crosses include [[Aubin vert]], [[Auxerrois Blanc|Auxerrois]], [[Bachet noir]], [[Franc Noir de la-Haute-Saône]], [[Gamay Blanc Gloriod]], [[Gamay noir]], [[Melon (grape)|Melon]], [[Knipperlé]], [[Peurion]], [[Romorantin]], [[Roublot]], and [[Sacy (grape)|Sacy]]
==Viticulture==
Beaunoir is quite vigorous, producing small compact bunches of small grapes.
==Wine regions==
Like [[Bachet noir]], Beaunoir has almost disappeared from its home in Châtillon-sur-Seine and the [[Aube]], between Champagne and Burgundy. The wine is very ordinary, with low alcohol and little color.
==Synonyms==
Cep Gris, Co Gris, Mourillon, Pinot D'Ai, Pinot D'Orleans, Seau Gris, Sogris<ref name="VIVC">{{cite web   | last1 = Maul | first1 = Erika | author-link =  |last2 = Töpfer | first2 = Reinhard | last3 = Eibach | first3 = Rudolf  | title = Vitis International Variety Catalogue  | publisher = Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (IRZ), Siebeldingen, Germany | year = 2007   | url = http://www.vivc.de   | format = | doi = | access-date = 2007-08-30}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120323134203/http://www.vivc.de/datasheet/dataResultBibliog.php?topic=1062 VIVC Bibliography]
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[[Category:Red wine grape varieties]]