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    Merille

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Merille is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 42 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 683 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: France.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 68%.2

    VIVC records 28 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
    42 ha2
    World rank
    683 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 76501

    Area by country

    1. France42 ha

    Area, 2023

    1314442422000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Merille grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance

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    Other names

    Balouzat · Bordelais · Bordelais Noir · Bouchales · Boudoules · Bourdales · Faux Jurancon · Gironde · Grand Vesparo · Grosse Merille · Meril · Merille Daouzero

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 7650. 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