 Couderc noir is normally used for mass commercial and table wines.The grape was planted throughout France following the devastation of the phylloxera epidemic in the late 19th century and until the 1970s there were more plantings of Couderc noir in France than Cabernet Sauvignon.Couderc noir is a natural inter-species crossing between an unknown "Vitis vinifera" variety and Munson (also known as Jaeger 70).