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Cinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it the fourth most widely-planted grape variety in France. Cinsaut is especially planted in Languedoc and Roussillon. It is often blended with grapes of the Mediterranean regions to add softness and bouquet. Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes, although a number of other fruits, such as plum, elderberry and blackcurrant, may also be fermented. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis lincecumii Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis... Coat of arms of the province of Languedoc, now being used as an official flag by the Midi-Pyrénees region as well as by the city of Toulouse Languedoc (Lengadòc in Occitan) is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day régions of Languedoc... Coat of arms of Roussillon - see also senyera Flag of Roussillon Mount Canigó (Canigou) (2785m), a Catalan landmark Roussillon (French: Roussillon, pronounced ; Catalan: Rosselló, pronounced ) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrén... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...


Cinsaut is often blended with Grenache and Carignane. Synonyms include Cinq-saou, Black Malvoisie (in California) Boudales, Plant d'Arles, Picardin noir, Morterille noire, Cuviller, and Hermitage (in South Africa and parts of Europe). Grenache is a sweet red grape variety grown primarily for the making of wine. ... Carignan (in French; Spanish Cariñena, Italian Carignano, Spanish variety of grape that originated in Cariñena, Aragon and was later transplanted to Italy, Algeria, and much of the New World. ... Cinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it the fourth most widely-planted grape variety in France. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Cinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it the fourth most widely-planted grape variety in France. ... Cinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it the fourth most widely-planted grape variety in France. ... Hermitage grape is the name given to one of a handful of different wine grape varieties in different wine growing regions of the world. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...


It is sometimes confusingly referred to as Oeillade when sold as a table grape. The true Oeillade with very different leaves is no longer cultivated. Cinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it the fourth most widely-planted grape variety in France. ...


The grape, under the name Ottavianello, has also long been cultivated in Puglia, the “heel” of Italy, where after having fallen into almost complete neglect[1] it has begun to attract the attention of winemakers interested in reviving old varieties.[2] Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ...


Cinsaut is crossed with the Pinot Noir grape to give the Pinotage grape variety. Pinot noir grapes at Chehalem Ridgecrest Vineyard, Newberg, Oregon Pinot noir is a variety of Vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ... Pinotage is a wine grape that is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault (called Hermitage in South Africa and parts of Europe, hence the portmanteau name of this grape variety). ...


Notes

  1. ^ During the first half of the 1990s annual production of the sole DOC wine produced with this grape, the red Ostuni Ottavianello, averaged around 73 hectolitres: less than 10,000 bottles. (Figures from the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestale, Banca Dati Vini DOC, DOCG :: Ostuni Ottavianello (Italian))
  2. ^ www.diwinetaste.com, Accademia dei Racemi

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