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    Mollard

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Mollard is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is France.2

    In 2023 it covered 23 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 786 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 3%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Heunisch Weiss × unknown, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 12 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
    23 ha2
    World rank
    786 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 79031
    parentHeunisch Weiss
    parentunknown
    Mollard

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. France23 ha

    Area, 2023

    232323232000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Mollard grows

    1. OriginFrance
    2. AreaFrance

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    Other names

    Beissier · Boissier · Chaliant · Cholion · Gros Molard · Molar · Molard · Mollar · Petit Brun · Petit Mollar · Plant De Veynes · Tallardier

    Parents

    Other varieties from France

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 7903. 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