From Lab Reject To Climate Hero: Marselan

About this episode

The episode explores the journey of the Marselan grape from a lab creation to a climate-resilient wine variety.

Send a Text Message to The Kosher Terroir What if the grape built for our warming world was created in a French lab in 1961, forgotten for decades, then reborn as a Mediterranean powerhouse? We follow Marcellan’s improbable arc—from a small-berry “failure” to a climate-ready red redefining terroir across continents—and taste why winemakers now swear by its color, balance, and velvet tannins. We start with the origin story at INRA in Languedoc, where Cabernet Sauvignon met Grenache on purpose...

People in this episode

Host: Solomon Simon Jacob

Topics covered

• wine
• climate change
• grape varieties
• terroir
• agriculture
• innovation

Keywords

• Marselan
• climate hero
• grape
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Grenache
• terroir
• Languedoc

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: INRA

Products: Marselan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache

Places: Languedoc, Mediterranean

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