Durifn.
/ˈd(j)ʊərɪf/, U.S. /ˈd(j)ʊrɪf/ A variety of vine yielding black grapes used in winemaking, and originating in the French Rhône region; a grape of this variety.In California, Mexico, and South America wine from the Durif is commercially referred to as Petite Sirah (Petite Sirah n.).
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1897 A. P. Hayne Resistant Vines 41 The Etraire, Persan, Durif..do well grafted, while the Marsanne is less vigorous.
1952 Washington Post 4 Nov. 31/7 (advt.) California Burgundy is a type name for wines made from minor European grape varieties as the Durif, and various Italian grape varieties.
1970 Los Angeles Times 12 Apr. l59/2 The Petite Sirah, sometimes spelled Syrah or called Duriff.
1994 J. Robinson Oxf. Compan. Wine 350/1 Durif is..a selection of another variety, Peloursin. It was propagated eponymously by a Dr Durif in south eastern France in the 1880s. Today it has all but disappeared from France but has long thought to be the same as the variety known in North and South America as Petite Sirah.
2004 O. Clarke Austral. Wine Compan. 14 Petit Verdot and Durif are proving successful in the warmer irrigated regions.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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