Malbec

Synonym (also Malbec à Queue Rouge, Malbech, Malbeck, Malbek) for the grape variety Cot; see there.

The red grape variety originates from France. There are around 130 synonyms, which indicate the presumably great age and worldwide distribution of the vine. Some of them, grouped alphabetically by country, are Agreste, Aneroir, Auxerrois, Auxerrois de Laquenexy, Auxerrois des Moines de Picpus, Auxerrois du Mans, Beran, Beraou, Blanc de Kienzheim, Bordelais Noir, Boucares, Bouchalès, Bourguignon Noir, Bouyssales, Cahors, Cau, Cauly, Coly, Coq Rouge, Cor, Cors, Cos, Côt, Cot a Queue Verte, Cot de Bordeaux, Cot de Pays, Cot de Touraine, Cot Malbec, Cots,

Cot (Malbec) - Weintraube und Blatt

Cruchinet, Doux Noir, Estrangey, Étranger, Étranger Petit, Gôt Noir, Grifforin, Grand Vesparo, Gros Auxerrois, Gros Noir, Grosse Mérille, Hourcat, Jacobain, Jacobin, Jacohin, Lutkens, Malbec (second main name), Malbec à Queue Rouge, Malbeck, Mancin, Mausat, Monrame, Negrera, Noir de Chartres, Noir de Pressac, Périgord, Pied de Perdrix, Pressac, Prolongeau, Prunelat, Prunieral, Quercy, Quille de Coqu, Saint Émilion, Vesparo (France); Malbech (Italy); Cagors, Nuar de Presac (Moldavia); Malbec, Malbeck (South America); Médoc Noir (Hungary).

Origin

According to one hypothesis, the vine was imported from Cahors (south-west France) in the 16th century under King François I (1494-1547) and was...

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