Landal noir

Outside France, some plantings of Landal noir can be found in Switzerland, Canada and the United States.

[1] Landal noir was created during a series of trials between 1929 and 1942 at Pierre Landot's Ain nursery in the commune of Conzieu.

Unlike many other hybrid varieties and despite having genes from several native North American vine species in its lineage, Landal noir is still susceptible to the viticultural hazard of phylloxera which means that plantings of the grape need to be grafted onto resistant rootstock.

Plantings of the grape have been steadily declining for decades with only 49 hectares (120 acres) reported in 2008, mostly concentrated in the Loire Valley and Vendée department.

[1] The only official synonym for Landal noir listed in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) is its breeder code of Landot 244.

As a complex hybrid, Landal noir inherited genes from several Vitis vine varieties including Vitis berlandieri .
The Vendée of western France where some plantings of Landal noir are still cultivated.