These are some of the properties and characteristics of Mouvedre:

• Buds late – good subject for sites with frost
• Resistant to botrytis but sensitive to powdery and downy mildews
• Leaves are truncated, cuneiform and lyre-shaped
• Bunches are narrow, conical, medium and compact.
• Berries are small, black and round.

If someone gives you a glass of wine and asks you what wine it is, here are characteristics that will help you identify the varietal:

Blackberry, mulberry, spicy, earthy and gamey.