Durif
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Durif is a variety of red wine grape. The grape produces tannic wines with a spicy, plummy flavour. It originated from Syrah pollen germinating a Peloursin plant. On occasion, Peloursin and Syrah vine
Durif, colour plate from Ampélographie. Traité général de viticulture, Tome II (1901)
Petite Sirah plantings at Concannon vineyards in the Livermore Valley, California.
Petite Sirah/Durif in bloom.
Durif leaf.
Peloursin
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Peloursin is red French wine grape variety best known for crossing with Syrah to make the red wine grape Durif. The variety is believed to have originated in Isère from the northern Rhône-Alpes region
Durif
…Durif is a variety of red wine grape. The grape produces tannic wines with a spicy, plummy flavour. It originated from Syrah pollen germinating a Peloursin plant. On occasion, Peloursin and Syrah vines may both be called Petite Sirah, usually because the varieties are extremely difficult to distinguish in…
The Vallée du Grésivaudan in the Isère department where Peloursin is believed to have originated
Peloursin crossed with Syrah (pictured) to produce Durif/Petite Sirah.