MONDEUSE
A minor grape grown in the Savoie region of France. Usually blended with Altesse to create Roussette de Savoie. May be identical to the Refosco grape of Italy. Also called Mondeuse Noir.
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when the pollination of a Mondeuse Blanche vine by Dureza took place, leading to the original Syrah seed plant.
The study proved that the grape had originated in the vicinity of the Northern Rhõne valley of France, as the result of a cross of the "Dureza" and "Mondeuse Blanche" grape varieties.
Other grapes known to be present in some Petite Syrah vineyards are the Mondeuse and Trousseau. Traditional Californian blends under the name of Petite Sirah are also known to have contained a proportion Barbera or Zinfandel grapewine.
Recent DNA tests conducted in France have shown the grapes Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche to be the parents of: Syrah.
For the first time in history, the top 10 wines in Britian this year do not include wines from: France.
Wine from this grape is also purported to have been the favorite of Livia, the second wife of Augustus Caesar. Grown to a lesser extent in cooler, coastal regions of California. Mondeuse of the Savoie region of France may be a clone.
style" wines, and for its Vins Jaunes, produced with Savagnin, particular wines refined for six years by using a technique similar to the one used in Jerez (Sherry). White grapes of Savoie are Altesse, Chasselas and Jacquère, whereas Mondeuse ...
research of the University of California at Davis and the French National Agronomy Archives in Montpellier proved syrah is indeed indigenous to France. DNA profiling proved syrah to be a genetic cross of two relatively obscure varieties, mondeuse ...
MONDEUSE
Black type of vine of Savoy and Dauphiné giving a wine of guard of great quality.
MOU (SLACKNESS)
It is said of a wine which misses acidity slightly.
MOURVEDRE
Black type of vine of Provence giving of the fine wines of great guard.
 See also: Grape, Wine, Red, Region, White
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