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Note that “c\u00f4t” is written with or without a circumflex accent.<\/p>\n
Although Fran\u00e7ois the First (King of France in the early 1500’s) would have introduced the grape variety to the Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau during the Renaissance, there is no documentary trace attesting to the presence of c\u00f4t grape in the Loire Valley before the second half of the 18th century. But the fact that the grape variety was widespread in the following century suggests an ancient presence in the Loire vineyards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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