Grolleau Noir,
sometimes known as Groslot, is the everyday red grape variety of touraine. It produces extremely high yields of relatively thin, acid wine and it is to the benefit of wine drinkers that it is so systematically being replaced with Gamay and, more recently, Cabernet Franc. It was once much more important but total French plantings have been steady this century at around 2,200 ha/5,500 acres in ... ...
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