Grande Vidure: Also known as the Carmenére grape, this grape was best known for its use in Medoc wines.
This variety has several alias names such as Petit Cabernet, Petite Vidure and Vidure. (The latter name is the one used by those who subscribed to the now dubious theory that it was the original vine from which the cépage originated).
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Carménère grapes
The Carménère grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, ...
This belief was widely held in the 18th century, when the grape was also known as Petite Vidure or Bidure, apparently a corruption of Biturica.
Also known as Grande Vidure, this grape was once widely planted in Bordeaux , but is now associated primarily with Chile . Carmenere, along with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, was imported to Chile around 1850.
The Bordeaux synonym for Carmenère is Grand Vidure and Cabernet Sauvignon is also known there simply as Vidure.
Also known as, Petit-Cabernet, Vidure, Petite-Vidure, Bouchet, Bouche, Petit Bouchet, Sauvignon Rouge.
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None in Australia, but in France also known as Petit Cabernet, Vidure, Vidure Sauvignonne, Petit Bouchet etc. This grape variety is not to be confused with Cabernet Franc.
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 See also: Blend, Cabernet, Cabernet Sauvignon, Wine, Region
  
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