Native of the area of Bordeaux in France , it is cultivated in the whole world with big gustatory variations. If the climate is cold comes closer to the sauvignon, and in hotter climates it loses personality. It is very sensitive to the rain and the humidity. The best areas for their cultivation are the county of Black River and the Valley of Uco in Mendoza . In Sauternes (France) gives the best wines licorosos

Under certain conditions of heat and humidity, a mushroom (Botrytis cinerea) it softens the husk of the grape allowing that this becomes dehydrated and concentrate the sugar that contains the grain, to elaborate this way a sweet and creamy wine.

These are the characteristics of one of the most noted and expensive wines in the world like the Sauternes. Outside of France , their origin area, alone has reproduced with a good level of quality in Australia where some of these varietales can age during years.

In Argentina it occupies an important place as for cultivation surface, but in their form varietal there are only two regions where it is expressed with levels of quality, the Valley of Uco in Mendoza and the High valley of Río Negro . The obtained wines are dry and complex with interesting notes to honey