 In England, the usually light colored Pineau d'Aunis was often blended with darker colored wines such as those made from red-fleshed "teinturiers".The wine that Henry imported was labeled as "vin clairet", leaving wine writer Richard Kelley to presume that Pineau d'Aunis was the "original claret".During the Hundred Years' War, King Charles VII of France gave Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, vines of Pineau d'Aunis as a peace offering in 1425.