Manseng Noir is a wine

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...

 grape variety of Basque origins

Basque Country (historical territory)

The Basque Country is the name given to the home of the Basque people in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain on the Atlantic coast....

 that is grown primarily in South West France

South West France (wine region)

South West France or in French Sud-Ouest, is a wine region in France covering several wine-producing areas situated respectively inland from, and south of, the wine region of Bordeaux...

. It is allowed into Béarn AOC

Béarn AOC

Béarn is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wine in South West France. It is locateted in the area of intersection of three French departments: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées and Gers; and two regions: Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées...

 wine but very little used. Manseng Noir is deep in colour and tannic.

Like Pinot noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...

 and Muscat, the grape mutates easily and has spawn several additional grape varieties that are still being used in wine production, most notably Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white wine grape variety that is grown primarily in South West France. It produces the highest quality wine of any grape in the Manseng family. The name is derived from its small, thick skin berries. Coupled with the small yields of the grapevine, most Petit Manseng farmers...

 and Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng

Gros Manseng is a white wine grape variety that is grown primarily in South West France, and is part of the Manseng family. It produces dry wines in the Jurançon and Béarn regions of Southwest France...

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Synonyms

Manseng Noir is also known under the synonyms Arrouya, Courbu Rouge, Gros Manzenc, Mancep, Mansenc Gros, Mansenc Noir, Manseng Rouge, and Petit Mansenc.