[1] It is a pink-skinned teinturier grape that produced a light pink juice.
[2] Since then, small experimental plantings have been made, and a subsequent 20 bottle batch of pink sparkling wine produced by Cave Mont Blanc in 2014 showed sufficient promise to spur further research and planting.
[3] Roussin de Morgex belongs to a group of grape varieties geographically isolated in the Alpine regions of Italy and Valais, in Switzerland.
DNA analyses suggest that while unrelated to Roussin, it is related to the Prié variety, and more distantly to Rèze, from the Swiss Alps.
[4] The grape was rescued by Giulio Moriondo of the Institut Agricole Régional in Aoste in 1998.