Obtained exclusively from Merlot, a vine originating from Bordeaux, but not yet introduced in Collio at the time of the Oenogical Congress of 1891, therefore the experts of that era considered “utilizing the experimentation of the cultivation of Merlot also in our province.” Marzotto in his “Ampelography of Friuli” in 1923 write that this grape “gave wine of the choicest quality, ready for consumption and perfumed.”