Saint-Pierre Doré is a white French wine grape variety grown primarily around the Saint-Pourçain AOC in the Auvergne region of Central France. While the grape has a long history in the region of being very productive and producing high yields, its plantings have been steadily declining over the last century and now the variety is almost extinct.

DNA profiling has confirmed that it is one of several varieties descended from Gouais blanc, the French white grape variety that is also the mother vine to Chardonnay, Gamay and Melon de Bourgogne as well as several other varieties.

Synonyms

Over the years Saint-Pierre Doré has been known under a variety of synonyms including Cerceau, Epinette, Epinette blanc, Epinette blanche, Firminhac, Lucane, Per Dore, Roussellou, Saint-Clair, Saint Come, Saint Pierre, San Per Dore and Saint-Pierre de l'Allier.

References

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Clair of Nantes

Saint Clair (Latin Clarus) was the first bishop of Nantes, France in the late 3rd century. He arrived they say from Rome, with a nail in his possession from the cross that bore the martyrdom of St. Peter, where he built an oratory dedicated to the Apostle, which would Nantes Cathedral. It would have taken an important role in the evangelization of Britain, and the foundation of several parishes between Nantes and Vannes.

He died in Kerbellec, village commune Réguiny (Morbihan), and his tomb (emptied since the Norman invasions in late 9th century) lies in a chapel adjoining the church of Réguiny. A votive fountain is also located on the territory of the Breton town. He is sometimes wrongly confused with Saint Clair, first bishop of Albi in the fifth century.