The
Carmenere grape is thought to be an ancient clone to Cabernet Sauvignon and the ancestor of other red Bordeaux grapes, such as Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet franc and Petit Verdot. Many experts trace the Carmenere back to ancient Rome under the name Biturica, which was the Roman Empirical name of the Bordeaux region. How can such a regal wine variety be so lesser known than its Bordeaux relatives?
In 1867 avid botanists turned New World explorers brought back to England some native North American grape varieties that carried a pesky little passenger known as
phylloxera, a voracious little insect whose
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