The red grape variety (also Osenni Ciornai) is a new cross between Alphonse Lavallée x Seyve-Villard 12-365 (Dattier de St. Vallier). DNA analyses carried out in 2016 revealed that the Seyve-Villard 12-366 (Pierrelle) given as the father variety in the breeding list was incorrect. It contains genes from Vitis berlandieri, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in Moldova by the breeder D. D. Verderevskii. It is mainly used as table grape. In 2016, eight hectares of vineyards were designated (Kym Anderson statistics).
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