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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.
In Catalonia it is often called "Garnatxa Peluda" or "Lledoner Pelut". The leaves look similar to Macabeo, but with fine little hairs.
An old, hairy-leaved strain of this variety, named Lledoner Pelut, is still common in the Roussillon region of France and used to create a well-regarded varietal wine. In Spain the variety has a late-Spring budbreak.
 See also: Syrah, Cabernet, White, Red, Region
  
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