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Marselan Is About to Have a Hot Grape Summer

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Named for the coastal Languedoc town in which it was bred, Marselan is a grape variety born in 1961 as a cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache. As is not always the case with the offspring of intentional grape crossings (see: Pinotage, Müller-Thurgau, etc.), Marselan actually exhibits the best qualities of both of its parents.



“You can really taste that lineage,” says Ignacio Schindler, owner of Argentina Wine Imports. “It inherits that vibrant, red fruit profile from the Grenache, bu

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