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Spanish name for Carignan. An extremely productive grape variety for red wine that buds late and therefore rarely suffers frost damage. It also ripens quite late, so can only be grown in warm to hot climates. It produces relatively tannic, quite acid wines with good colour that are mostly used in a blend with other grape varieties. This cépage was planted extensively in the Midi in southern France, becoming its most important variety. It is also the third planted variety in Spain (Cariñena, Mazuelo). In Catalunya the grape is called Samso.
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