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    Cinsaut

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Cinsaut is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 27,189 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 31 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in France: 21,800 ha (80% of the world total), across 15 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 44%.2

    VIVC records 122 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    France2
    Area, 2023
    27,189 ha2
    World rank
    31 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 26721

    Area by country

    1. France21,800 ha
    2. South Africa1,674 ha
    3. Morocco1,231 ha
    4. Chile1,033 ha
    5. Tunisia964 ha
    6. Türkiye430 ha
    7. the United States21 ha
    8. Portugal12 ha
    9. Spain9.7 ha
    10. Australia8 ha
    11. Croatia2.3 ha
    12. Uruguay1.6 ha

    Area, 2023

    48,42834,75122,91627,1892000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Cinsaut grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance
    3. AreaSouth Africa
    4. AreaMorocco
    5. AreaChile
    6. AreaTunisia
    7. AreaTürkiye
    8. Areathe United States
    9. AreaPortugal
    10. AreaSpain
    11. AreaAustralia

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Other names

    Bastardillo · Cargadora · Cinsault · Cinsaut (Picapol) · Cinsaut N · Cinsaut Seedles · Ottavianello · Sao Saul · Senso · Bastardillo Serrano · Black Malvoisie · Black Prince · Blue Imperial · Boudales · Bourdales · Bourdales Kek · Bourdelas · Bourdelas Noir · Brugnola · Budales · Calabre

    Offspring (VIVC)

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2672. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3