Calitor
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Calitor or Calitor Noir is a red French wine
French wine
French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles. France has the world's second-largest total vineyard area, behind Spain, and is in the position of being the world's largest wine producer...

 grape variety. It was previously widely cultivated in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, in particular in Provence, but is now very rare, almost extinct. Calitor gives high yields
Yield (wine)
In viticulture, the yield is a measure of the amount of grapes or wine that is produced per unit surface of vineyard, and is therefore a type of crop yield...

 and produces an elegant, light and lightly colored
Wine color
The color of wine is one of the most easily recognizable characteristics of wines. Color is also an element in wine tasting since heavy wines generally have a deeper color. The accessory traditionally used to judge the wine color was the tastevin, a shallow cup allowing to see the color of the...

wine. When grown on hillside sites, it can give a wine of character. It has mostly been used in blends.

Synonyms

Calitor are also known under the synonyms Anglas, Assadoule Bouvier, Binxeilla, Blavette, Calitor Noir, Canseron, Cargo Miola, Cargo Muou, Catitor, Causeron, Causeroun, Charge Mulet, Colitor, Coulitor, Dameron des Vosges, Foirard, Foirat, Fouiraire, Fouiral, Fouirassan, Garriga, Mouillas, Noeuds-Courts, Nou Courte, Pampoul, Pecoui Touar, Pecoui Tovar, Picpoule Sorbier, Piquepoul de Fronton, Pride of Australia, Qualitor, Ramonen, Rouget de Salins, Rousselin, Rousselin Noir, Rousset, Rouxal, Sang de Boeuf, Saure, Sen Zhan, Siege Noir, Sigotier, Sigoyer, and Tentyure Artekskii.
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