The variety seemed to have developed in the 1700s in Bordeaux, where it gained popularity because of its resistance to botrytis.
Nkatsakanyo lowu wuvikiwa kuva wutumbulukile hi malembe yava 1970 e Bordeaux, laha yinga vuya yi duma swinene hikuva nsinya wa kona wukota ku kondzelela mavabyi ya botrytis.