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    Douce Noire

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Douce Noire is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 17,448 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 45 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Argentina: 17,447 ha (>99% of the world total), across 3 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 5%.2

    VIVC records 62 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
    17,448 ha2
    World rank
    45 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 28261

    Area by country

    1. Argentina17,447 ha
    2. France0.2 ha
    3. Uruguay0.1 ha

    Area, 2023

    18,32319,63019,73317,4482000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Douce Noire grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaArgentina
    3. AreaFrance
    4. AreaUruguay

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

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    Other names

    Bonarda · Charbono · Serbina · Turca · Alcantino · Aleante · Batarde Ronde · Bathiolin · Batialin · Blaue Gansfuesser · Bonarda De Argentina · Bourdon Noir · Bourdou · Carbonneau · Charbonneau

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2826. 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