Throughout France, the variety hit its peak in 1968 with more than 64,000 acres (26,000 hectares), almost exclusive to the Loire Valley and other scattered northern French wine regions.
Aggressive vine pull schemes that included lucrative payments to growers for uprooting their vineyards and prohibition of using hybrid grapes in Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wines contributed to a sharp decline for the grape variety.
Growers in the Loire and many northern French wine regions found that the grape still produced high yields despite severe winters and late spring frost when many other varieties, particularly those of Vitis vinifera would be severely damaged.
But there is limit to this benefit with the cold making the berries more difficult to crush[1] and the variety not performing well in regions such as New York State after their harsh winters.
[2] According to the Vitis International Variety Catalogue, the only known synonym for Plantet is original catalog name, Seibel 5455.