Poulsard

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Poulsard (also Ploussard) is a red wine grape variety from the Jura wine region in France. The name Ploussard is used mainly around the town of Pupillin. Poulsard is also grown in Bugey.

It has thin skins which produce pale red wines which usually oxidise easily becoming even paler, often rosé coloured. Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée that can contain Poulsard include