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Type = Table Grape. Leaf: medium, orbicular, deeply lobed; clear green, soft, contorted, cobwebby tufts below or pubescent depending on the clone. Cluster: large, cylindrical-conical, compact; berries elipsoidal, large, blue-black, bloomed; firm skin and pulp. Growth habit: spreading. Cinsaut is sensitive to downy and powdery mildew and boytryis, and it has a tendency to drop its berries at maturity. It is severely affected by yellow spider mites, and the clusters are very susceptible to the grape berry moth. Synonyms include: Cinsault, Cinq-saou, Black Malvoisie (California), Boudales, Plant d'Arles, Picardin noir, Morterille noir, Cuviller, Hermitage (South Africa), and Oeillade when sold as a table grape (the true Oeillade with downy pubescent leaves is no longer cultivated).