Jacquère

VIVC 5604 · white

Jacquère is a white-berried French grape, VIVC number 5604, whose marker-confirmed parent is Heunisch Weiss (Gouais Blanc); the second parent is unknown.1,2

Identity in VIVC

VIVC lists Jacquère under number 5604, with white berries and France as the country of origin.1 Its 29 synonyms include Jacquere Blanche, Cugnette, Isere, Coufe-Chien and Jaquere.1

The field "pedigree confirmed by markers" reads "Heunisch Weiss × ?".1 Heunisch Weiss is the VIVC prime name for Gouais Blanc, which is also a parent of Chardonnay, Gamay, Aligoté and Petit Meslier.2,3,4,5,6

VIVC is maintained by JKI Geilweilerhof and identifies each variety by a prime name and a variety number.1 In the prime name, Jacquere is written without the accent.1 Muscadelle is another grape with Heunisch Weiss as its only identified parent.7

Use in sparkling wine

The cahier des charges of Crémant de Savoie was not checked for this page, so no variety rule is quoted here.

See also

Crémant de SavoieRegionsAltesseGrapesChardonnayGrapesSeyssel (mousseux)Regions

Sources

  1. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: JACQUERE (variety number 5604)
  2. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: HEUNISCH WEISS (variety number 5374)
  3. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: CHARDONNAY BLANC (variety number 2455)
  4. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: GAMAY NOIR (variety number 4377)
  5. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: ALIGOTE (variety number 312)
  6. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: MESLIER PETIT (variety number 7675)
  7. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: MUSCADELLE (variety number 8182)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19