Malbec

Malbec

The red variety is probably from the northern Burgundy. It was formerly cultivated in more than 30 departments, which explains the numerous synonyms. The French Pierre Ampelograph Pierre Galet (B. 1921) lists over 400 He also stated that the vines in the 16th Century under the reign of King Francis I (1494-1547) imported from the Cahors and was grown in the Champagne region, among other things. The name is derived from a Malbeck in the 18th Century, the grape in the Bordeaux area spread widely. To the west of France it is called Côt, what is her second major name. Further, for example Agreste, Auxerrois (Cahors), Balouzat, Beran, Blanc de Kienzheim, Cahors, Calarin, Cauli, Costa Rosa, Côt (Loire), Côt à queue verte, Cotes Rouges, Estrangey, Gourdaux, Grelot de Tours, Grifforin , Guillain, Hourcat, Jacobain, Luckens, Magret, Malbeck, Malbek, Médoc Noir, Mouranne, Navarien, Negre de Préchac, Noir de Chartres, de Nyar Presak, Parde, Perigord, Pied de Perdrix, Pied Noir, Pied Rouge, Piperdy, Plant d'Arles Plant de Meraou, Plant du Roi, Prechat, Pressac (Bordeaux, St Emilion), Prunieral, queue Rouge, Quille De Coy, Romieu, complexion urine, and Terranis Vesparo.

In the year 2009, by Dr. Jean-Michel from ampelographers Jean-Michel Boursiquot conducted DNA found that the Malbec variety from a cross Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard arose. The vine is susceptible to Coulure , downy mildew and rot. It provides dark-colored, fruity, spicy, soft red wines with a variety of strong flavors of plum, blueberries, spices, bitter chocolate and tobacco. In France, the vine-growing area besides the main Cahors in numerous other appellations in southwest France, and approved in the Languedoc. She is also part of the Bordeaux blend , but has lost here because of the frost susceptibility of importance. In France, it occupies about 6,300 acres, the global inventory is 34,000 hectares of vineyards. In Europe, it is also grown in northern Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Mid-19th Century, they led the French agronomist Aimé Pouget in Argentina one. Here she found the ideal conditions with 24,000 hectares and was the most common Rotweinrebe. There are other stocks in Australia, Chile, California (where it was before the prohibition very important) and South Africa.