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.
Cinsaut
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Source of much of the red and rosé wines of southern France, light and bland in general, often used to dilute thick, over-ripe wines. When treated well in can turn out lush, soft, gently aromatic reds and rosés.
Cinsaut: Also known (incorrectly) as Hermitage, this grape is mostly used for blending with other, stronger varieties. Cinsaut is the "parent" of pinotage. It is grown in Southern France, Lebanon, Australia and South Africa.
Cinsaut (or Cinsault) is most often used as a blending grape with other types. France has more Cinsaut planted (50,000 hectares) than Cabernet Sauvignon and there is as much Cinsaut acreage planted in its former backdoor wine colony of Algeria.
Cinsaut - (SaN-so)
dark red French grape, sometimes spelled "Cinsault." Most common in Languedoc, also a parent (with Pinot Noir) in the South African grape crossing called "Pinotage."
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CINSAUT: (aka Cinsault). Semi-classic grape widely grown in southern France and also in the Lebanon. Used as blend component in many red or rosé wines.
Cinsault (or Cinsaut) is one of the oldest south of France variety. Even nowadays it is impossible to determinate its origins, between Provence and Languedoc.
Cinsault or Cinsaut, red grape from the South of France, which is widely used for rosé production. This takes advantage of its soft and aromatic properties.
In the Languedoc the term refers to varieties such as Mourvèdre, Syrah and Grenache, which are encouraged in place of Carignan, Cinsaut and other lesser grapes. The minimum quantity of "improving varieties" is laid down in appellation regulations.
As with Corbières, Minervois is an appellation where Carignan once ruled, blended with the other red grapes of the Languedoc, including Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Lledoner Pelut, Cinsaut and others.
Red wines produced at Gigondas are mainly made from Grenache Noir to which is added Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsaut. Gigondas wines generally are robust and with pretty rustic characters in which emerge aromas of red berried fruits and spices.
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CINSAUT
Black type of vine of the Mediterranean vineyard giving of the very fruity wines.
CLAIR (CLEAR)
It says itself of a wine removed from the dregs.
CLAIRET
Light and fruity red Wine, or rosé wine produced in Bordelais and Burgundy.
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PINOTAGE
A red-wine grape crossing between a Pinot Noir clone and Cinsaut widely grown in South Africa. Used to make a popular, robust red wine takes several years to mature. Also widely grown in New Zealand and to a lesser extent in California.
It is the main grape used in the red wine blend known as Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and, along with the Mourvedre, Cinsaut and some others, makes good wine blends under the appellation "Cotes du Rhone Villages".
Pinotage
Most famous red South African grape varietal. A cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsaut(known as Hermitage inh South Africa).
The Pinotage grape was originally bred in 1925 from a cross between the grapes pinot noir and cinsaut. Well-made Pinotages are medium- to full-bodied wines, with rich red fruit aromas and flavors. Poor versions often have a rubbery aroma.
However it does add greatly in finesse, length, fruitiness, body and colour to the juice of other varieties and is usually blended with varieties such as Grenache, Morrastel, Cinsaut, Mourvèdre, Shiraz and/or Aramon.
In the Languedoc, the grape is often blended with Cinsaut, Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Mourvèdre and Merlot. It has an upright growth habit and can be grown without a trellis.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Red, Region, Grenache
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