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An excellent-quality grape variety that has been used more than otherlesser varieties in Chateauneuf-du-Pape blends in recent years. It is grownextensively throughout the Rhone and the Midi of France, and, under thename of the Mataro, in Spain. The Mataro is Australia's fifth widest cultivatedblack grape, but is a declining force in southern California.
Synonyms: Balzac, Beni carlo, Catalan, Espar, Esparte, Mataro, Negron,Tinto.