The variety was hard hit by the phylloxera epidemic, which decimated European vineyards in the late 19th Century and nearly went extinct.
Mofuta ono o ne wa tlhaselwa thata ke bolwetse jwa phylloxera, jo bo sentseng ditshimo tsa morara tsa kwa Yuropa kwa bofelong jwa ngwagakete wa bo 19 mme o batlile o nyelela.