Hello all, I have been a fan of Shiraz red wine since it first got introduced in the Ontario area. I found that one of its parents is the Dureza grape. Soooo, naturally I want to try a red wine that is mostly Dureza. But I'm finding this hard to do.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it! I know it came from southern france, but to narrow it down to an actual wine bottle one can purchase...LOL!
thank you!
Dureza was historically used for production of red wine, but is hardly grown any more and is not part of the list of the allowed grape varieties of any French AOC wine.
However, it can be produced under some IGP. (from 2010 IGP, Indication Géographique Protégée, is the new name for Vin de Pays.)
There were about 25 acres remained planted in the 1970s - by 1990 only 2 acres remained.
Since it's parentage to Syrah was established, interest in Dureza has been increasing.
Pascal Jamet has introduced plantings of the grape to the Saint-Joseph AOC in the northern Rhône Valley.
Wines labelled "Saint-Joseph" must be 100% Syrah - however Jamet does produce a wine named "IGP (Vin de pays) des Collines Rhodaniennes Grand Beliga"
This wine is a blend - generally 60% Syrah, with varying of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon included. Tiny amounts of Dureza "may" be included - but I can find no reference to confirm this.
I do not like your chances of finding a bottle of this as a stand-alone varietal.
For Saint-Joseph, Syrah must be 90% or more (in the vineyard and the product), Marsanne and Roussanne (no Viognier!) are allowed up to 10%. As far as I know, Cornas is the only French AOC/AOP to enforce 100% Syrah.
Even for the IGP Collines rhodaniennes, Dureza does not appear in the list of allowed varieties: Viognier B, Muscat à Petits Grains Blancs, Jacquere B, Chardonnay B, Altesse B, Grenache N, Aligoté B, Chenin B, Chasselas B, Ravat Blanc B, Gamay N, Gamay de Chaudenay, Feunate N, Sauvignon B, Gamay de Bouze, Cinsaut N, Clairette B, Roussanne B, Syrah N, Cabernet-Sauvignon N, Merlot N, Pinot Noir N, Cabernet Franc N, Marsanne B, Pinot Gris G, Mondeuse N, Mondeuse Blanche B, Verdesse B, Carignan N
There is a mention of Durif N under Autres variétés (actually, it is the only one) but this is a horse of a different colour. It is mentioned as "Variety commonly mistaken for Dureza" in Wine grapes (Robinson, Harding, Vouillamoz).
A nice family tree of Syrah can be found on
And to come back to the main question: the site of Pascal Jamet
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