The white grape variety is a new breed between Baroque x Chardonnay. The crossing took place in 1956 on behalf of the INRA by the Basque Pierre Marcel Durquéty Pierre Marcel (1923-2016) in France with the support of the University of Montpellier. The early ripening grape varieties, yield vine is susceptible to Botrytis. It produces full-bodied, aromatic white wines with relatively low acids. The variety is therefore well suited for noble sweet wines.

However, it is only cultivated in very small quantities in southwest France in the departments of Charente, Haut-Loire, and Lot on just under one hectare. In Switzerland, there is a tiny cultivation area of 0.1 hectares in the canton of Ticino. In 2016, a total of one hectare of vineyard area was reported (Statistics Kym Anderson Kym). In the vine museum of the Franz Leth Franz winery in the municipality of Fels (Lower Austria), there are also a few vines.
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