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Merlot Synonyms Merlot is the common name outside of France, while Merlot noir is officially used in France. French regional synonyms include Merlau rouge, Crabutet noir, or Plant Medoc (Bazadais); Alicante (Podensac); Seme dou flube (Graves); Seme de la Canau (Portes); Semilhoun rouge (Medoc); and Bordeleze belcha (Basque country); and it is Medoc noir in Hungary. Source Leaves: medium (often very large in training Little is known of the origin of the variety, years); deeply 5-lobed, longer than wide; but it has been cultivated in the Bordeaux lateral sinuses often overlapping and occa- region since the eighteenth century. The first sionally with teeth at base; wide U-shaped true botanical description was in 1854 by petiolar sinus; narrow, sharp teeth; slight V. Rendue who described it favorably for tufted hair on underside of leaves. blending with Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon Shoot tips: felty white with rose margin; and as a component of the great wines of young leaves cream-yellow and downy. Medoc. A resurgence of planting in France since the 1970s, particularly in the south, Merlot is distinguished from Cabernet makes it the third most planted black vari- Sauvignon by young leaf color (cream-yellow ety there. Antoine Delmas imported the first versus bronze red), petiolar sinus, and clus- vines to California in the 1850s; only a few ter shape. acres existed after Repeal. It was included in the California planting boom of the 1970s, Growth and Soil Adaptability and plantings soared after 1987. Merlot acre- Merlot has medium-high vi