Just d’Abouriou Cotes du Marmandais 2011

Description

(20% Merlot , 80% Abouriou)WE-87(Abouriou is an early ripening variety that has good resistance to many viticultural hazards include powdery and downy mildew as well as botrytis bunch
rot,Abouriou is either a half-sibling or grandparent of Malbec and Merlot. Ampelographers believe that Abouriou originated in Southwest France in the Lot-etGaronne department, probably around the commune of Villeréal where the grape has long been associated with. The grape was once widely planted throughout the region until the phylloxera epidemic of the mid-19th century devastated the area and sharply reduced Abouriou’s numbers. The grape was near extinction until a local farmer discovered abandoned plantings of the vine growing up the wall of a ruined castle outside of Villeréal. Numa Naugé, a private grape breeder from Casseneuil in Lot-et-Garonne, cultivated seedlings of Abouriou from those vines and presented them to French viticultural authorities in 1882 for
conservation and propagation. Naugé’s work in saving Abouriou from extinction is honored today with the alternative name Précoce Nauge).