NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 143 



with a little sharpness. It is this variety which yields the 

 famous Rota wine, known under the title of Tintilla de Rota. 

 It is also employed for the purpose of giving colour to the 

 must of other grapes, of which it is intended to make red 

 wines ; it forms a sixth part in the Malaga wine. 



MOLLAR NOIR, DUH. 



Vitis uvd magnd, acinis magnis, rotundif, mollissimis, nigris, sapidis. 



The leaves are a little wrinkled and have a reddish hue at 

 the time of expansion, and are afterwards of rather a clear 

 yellowish green colour, and are covered beneath with a pro- 

 fusion of white down. The bunches are pretty large, some- 

 what irregular, composed of roundish and very obtuse berries, 

 which are black, with a very thin and delicate skin. This 

 vine, which is cultivated in the Spanish vineyards, has also a 

 sub-variety, that only differs in respect to the colour of its 

 berries, which on the same cluster are black, red, reddish, and 

 some quite white. It appears in this respect to resemble the 

 striped Aleppo grape. 



:Y ' BENADU, Dun. 



Spart, of Languedoc. 

 Vitis uvd media ; acino subrotundo, duro, dulci et vix sapido, fyc. 



The leaves of this vine are somewhat rounded, very slightly 

 lobed, and of a moderately dark green hue. The bunches 

 are of medium size, composed of roundish berries, which, are 

 set very closely to each other. There is a sub-variety called 

 the Gros-benadu, which is distinguished by its berries being 

 half as large again with a harder skin, and with flesh that is 

 more soft and insipid. 



.These varieties are cultivated in Provence, and are known 

 there by the name I have adopted, but in Languedoc they are 

 called by the title given as a synonyme. 



