The variety spread to France around the 16th Century and became one of the most popular varieties in the Rhone Valley, until the phylloxera epidemic outbreak in the middle ages.
Izinhlobonhlobo zisakaze eFrance ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16 futhi zaba enye yezinhlobo ezidumile kakhulu e-Rhone Valley, kuze kufike isifo se-phylloxera phakathi neminyaka ephakathi.